Sentences with phrase «returns of a college degree»

There is no question that the returns of a college degree are substantial.

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Pursuing a business degree is not only versatile and applicable to nearly every industry, but, more importantly, it's a wise investment that promises healthy returns after graduation, especially if you attend one of the best value colleges for business majors listed in PayScale's College ROI Report.

It's true that you can make a heck of a lot more being entreprenurial, but it leaves out a lot of the costs / risks along the way that are priced into the return you get vs. a wage (and a lot of people would prefer the less - risky wage route, even with a degree from a private college).

He returned to the U.S. for college, graduating from the University of Florida with a degree in Journalism.

In financing their own education, «most of this debt is more recent... student loans borrowed when returning to college to finish an undergraduate degree, to switch to a new occupation or to obtain a graduate degree.»

As I moved on to a pastorate in Tottenham, north London, I studied for a masters» degree in cross-cultural mission at All Nations Christian College and then returned to Spurgeon's to do a qualitative research project on multicultural church under their Doctor of Ministry programme.

After her youngest started Kindergarten, Marie returned to college and earned a master's degree with a concentration in nurse midwifery from the University of New Mexico in 2013.

In 2012, I returned to New York University's College of Nursing to pursue a master's degree and become a family nurse practitioner (FNP).

However, once they earn the graduate degree from the out - of - state college, they are required to return to New York and stay for however many years they got financial help.

After seven years of teaching K - 12 Health Education in Rochester, NY, Mr. Zeman earned his school district administrative degree (SDA) from the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts and worked as an assistant principal in Greece Central School District, NY, before returning to State College with his family to direct Science Outreach.

After working nearly 20 years in a poultry processing plant, Tonia Gibson was up to the challenge of returning to college to pursue an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering, even though it meant a move to Pullman with two teenage sons to support.But Gibson, who earned that degree in 2004, is now facing a more daunting challenge.

Returning to the States for a college education, Kinnear attended the University of Arizona in Tucson, where he graduated in 1985, with a degree in broadcast journalism.

Nationwide, over half of released inmates return to prison within 5 years, but for the past 14 years, less than 1 % of the inmates that received a college degree at Sing Sing returned to prison.

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Please understand that I am not here seeking a return to some halcyon yesteryear when only the children of those with college degrees were expected to get their own degrees.

They include Emily Callahan and Amber Jackson, who are using their skills and intellect to turn oil rigs into coral reefs; Nate Parker, the activist filmmaker, writer, humanitarian and director of The Birth of a Nation; Scott Harrison, the founder of Charity Water, whose projects are delivering clean water to over 6 million people; Anthony D. Romero, the executive director of the ACLU, who has dedicated his life to protecting the liberties of Americans; Louise Psihoyos, the award - winning filmmaker and executive director of the Oceanic Preservation Society; Jennifer Jacquet, an environmental social scientist who focuses on large - scale cooperation dilemmas and is the author of «Is Shame Necessary»; Brent Stapelkamp, whose work promotes ways to mitigate the conflict between lions and livestock owners and who is the last researcher to have tracked famed Cecil the Lion; Fabio Zaffagnini, creator of Rockin» 1000, co-founder of Trail Me Up, and an expert in crowd funding and social innovation; Alan Eustace, who worked with the StratEx team responsible for the highest exit altitude skydive; Renaud Laplanche, founder and CEO of the Lending Club — the world's largest online credit marketplace working to make loans more affordable and returns more solid; the Suskind Family, who developed the «affinity therapy» that's showing broad success in addressing the core social communication deficits of autism; Jenna Arnold and Greg Segal, whose goal is to flip supply and demand for organ transplants and build the country's first central organ donor registry, creating more culturally relevant ways for people to share their donor wishes; Adam Foss, founder of SCDAO, a reading project designed to bridge the achievement gap of area elementary school students, Hilde Kate Lysiak (age 9) and sister Isabel Rose (age 12), Publishers of the Orange Street News that has received widespread acclaim for its reporting, and Max Kenner, the man responsible for the Bard Prison Initiative which enrolls incarcerated individuals in academic programs culminating ultimately in college degrees.

; Scott Harrison, the founder of Charity Water, whose projects are delivering clean water to over 6 million people; Anthony D. Romero, the executive director of the ACLU, who has dedicated his life to protecting the liberties of Americans; Louise Psihoyos, the award - winning filmmaker and executive director of the Oceanic Preservation Society; Jennifer Jacquet, an environmental social scientist who focuses on large - scale cooperation dilemmas and is the author of «Is Shame Necessary»; Brent Stapelkamp, whose work promotes ways to mitigate the conflict between lions and livestock owners and who is the last researcher to have tracked famed Cecil the Lion; Fabio Zaffagnini, creator of Rockin» 1000, co-founder of Trail Me Up, and an expert in crowd funding and social innovation; Alan Eustace, who worked with the StratEx team responsible for the highest exit altitude skydive; Renaud Laplanche, founder and CEO of the Lending Club — the world's largest online credit marketplace working to make loans more affordable and returns more solid; the Suskind Family, who developed the «affinity therapy» that's showing broad success in addressing the core social communication deficits of autism; Jenna Arnold and Greg Segal, whose goal is to flip supply and demand for organ transplants and build the country's first central organ donor registry, creating more culturally relevant ways for people to share their donor wishes; Adam Foss, founder of SCDAO, a reading project designed to bridge the achievement gap of area elementary school students, Hilde Kate Lysiak (age 9) and sister Isabel Rose (age 12), Publishers of the Orange Street News that has received widespread acclaim for its reporting, and Max Kenner, the man responsible for the Bard Prison Initiative which enrolls incarcerated individuals in academic programs culminating ultimately in college degrees.

Puente provides training to teachers and counselors at community colleges and high schools in writing instruction, academic counseling, and mentoring, with the goal of increasing the number of underrepresented students who earn bachelor's degrees and potentially return to their communities as mentors.

While working, Danielle returned to college earning her Master's degree in Administration Leadership from the University of Idaho.

Last week, Eduflack opined on Businessweek's efforts to put some meaning around the topic of college degrees and return on investment.

I obtained a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education at the University of Maryland in College Park, and after teaching third grade for 6 years, I later returned to my alma mater for a master's degree in special education.

ACT Engage College also can predict — with a remarkable degree of accuracy — how likely each of your first - year students is to return for a second year, and whether they will earn at least a 2.0 GPA.

This question becomes ever more important for postsecondary education as the cost of tuition skyrockets and returns to a college degree increase.

Gary Middle College is a place of transformation for many students, including Awanii Nicholson, a 32 year old student who decided to return to school and complete her High School Degree.

On average, the benefits of a four - year college degree are equivalent to an investment that returns 15.2 percent per year.

University of Pennsylvania lowered their degree requirements and Christopher was able to complete his degree without returning to college.

How many of us have friends whose children went to college, got their degrees, and returned home to live with their parents while they hunted for a job in their chosen field, which they often could not find?

I returned to college in my mid forties to purse graduate degrees in my field with the hopes of teaching at a community college.

I returned to college for a triple major as an adult, and my degrees are two Associates in Education and Business Management and my Bachelor of Arts is in English, having graduated Summa Cum Laude.

In 1994, she returned to the United States and attended the University of Minnesota's College of Veterinary Medicine, where she completed her DVM degree in 1998.

Dr. Fiocchi received her undergraduate degree from Vassar College in 2004 and after working on environmental policy returned to school and ultimately receive a Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine in 2012.

After graduation from MSU's College of Veterinary Medicine in 1985 (DVM degree) she spent 2 years in private practice, then returned to MSU for a medical / surgical internship in 1987.

She returned to the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine to complete her residency in emergency and critical care, concurrently earning a Master of Science degree.

After seven years working in the zoo field, Kelley returned to college to earn a Masters degree in animal behavior from the University of Massachusetts.

Glenn Chadwick graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Design in 1985 and recently returned to complete his degree (BFA 2007).

Shaw earned two degrees from A&M and a doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, then returned to College Station as a faculty member in 1994.

Another way that we assess the value of receiving a college degree is to compare the rate of return from investing in a college degree versus using the same amount of money for investment opportunities.

College may be a goal for some, but if this path doesn't feel right for you, or if you aren't sure an expensive degree will bring reliable returns, or if you simply aren't ready and haven't decided on a specific area of study, you'll still need to take your career forward after high school.

Put the month and year of your graduation after each degree or certificate program to draw attention to your recent return to college.

In response to this, after nine years of being a small business owner, as a woodworker with her husband, she returned to college with the intention of getting a masters degree in art therapy and counseling.

It was an eye - opening time for many real estate investors and developers because student housing was highlighted as being recession - proof — while other sectors saw huge declines, student housing was booming thanks to increased enrollment and many people returning to college to pursue higher degrees as a result of the lackluster job market.