College Isn’t Worth a Million Dollars

Wait, is he saying that... correlation isn't causation!?!

Actually, I slogged through to the upteenth paragraph to find out that his point is even dumber: He just wants to substitute his own apparently arbitrary assumptions for the College Board's apparently arbitrary assumptions. "Substituting some of his own assumptions for those used by the board — including six years of tuition costs (and hence two fewer years of work), private college tuition instead of in-state public tuition, etc. — Miller calculates his own college premium."

Well, just using average earnings doesn't paint the full picture. Look at both tails too. What percent of college grads live below the poverty line? College arguably gives you a better shot at the other extreme too.

College isn't just about making more money afterwards. It's about meeting people you'll keep in touch with for the rest of your life, learning from interesting people that excel in their field and networking with people that you might be able to help in the future and/or might be able to help you. It's priceless IMO.

Not to mention being able to avoid the "so you don't go to college?" conversation with dates..

College is worth two million dollars. The reason being is that we have two classes in America those who have graduated from college with at least a 4 year degree and those who haven't.

(With the exception of those who quit and create multi-million/billion dollar companies. With enough money everyone is equal.)

"It's not just college.

It's community college."