Pieces like this get posted all the time, and the comments are always the same. Folks who don't think college is worthwhile bring anecdotes, while folks who kno

Pieces like this get posted all the time, and the comments are always the same. Folks who don't think college is worthwhile bring anecdotes, while folks who know that college is worthwhile bring facts and data, which show very clearly that the financial returns to education are very real and very substantial. And that's just the financial returns, it doesn't even touch upon the social, personal, etc aspect!