Sentences with phrase «home than a high school graduate»

This study found that someone who begins college, takes on student loan debt, and never completes their degree is 32 percent less likely to purchase a home than a high school graduate with no debt.

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When the family moved to Cleveland, Ohio, and couldn't afford to buy a home in suburban Shaker Heights, which boasted one of the country's best school systems, Robert Black decided it would be better to rent than to own until his younger son graduated from high school.

Now, I am 2 years out of graduating college (from a very expensive top 50 school), and even though I have a great job with a higher than average salary, more than 50 % of my take home pay goes straight to my student loan payments.

Tuition and fees more than doubled at most colleges since the turn of the century, and so has the gap between a college graduate's salary versus what a high school grad brings home.