>A small difference between college drop out salary vs high school diploma salary only says that the key is to actually get a degree. half of a degree is worth

>A small difference between college drop out salary vs high school diploma salary only says that the key is to actually get a degree. half of a degree is worth much less than half of what a full degree is worth. That doesn't say anything about how much a degree is worth really. But the debt remains whether you attain a degree or not. For marginal students, this is useful information as it should give them even greater pause before matriculation.