Sentences with phrase «to get a college degree»

The old school approach of getting a college degree in a specific field and throwing new skills out the window after graduation is over.

As getting a college degree gets more expensive by the year, more and more students are relying on federal student loans to keep the dream alive.

The reality is the cost of getting a college degree is so high that a lot of graduates will be paying back student loans far into those supposed fat - and - happy years.

I would love to see you go get a college degree (in something other than theology) so that you can get a high (er) paying job.

However I don't see the harm in seeking help while focusing on getting my college degree.

She did not get a college degree, however, she attended college for two years before starting a family.

Like getting a college degree, saving enough money to go to a writers conference, or finishing that novel.

Though getting a college degree is one of the best things people can do for themselves, it doesn't come without a price.

But that's a false choice, because you're almost surely not going to get that college degree anyway.

It's one of the ways that I paid for school — because I worked full time while getting my college degree.

Maybe getting another college degree or adding an internship isn't the best way to land a job.

If you've recently gotten a college degree in your hands, you may be looking for your first professional job.

A mere 2 % of teen moms get a college degree by age 30.

A: Every other week, it seems, another study comes out that shows the sharp wage increase and lowered unemployment rate that comes from getting a college degree.

I told him to go get a college degree.

If getting a college degree or helping your spouse or child obtain one is part of your early retirement plan, you can avoid that withdrawal tax by rolling your 401k into an IRA.

As a result, my single mom had schooled me plenty on what to do to protect myself against love's demise: Don't have sex (or kids) before you get married, get a college degree before you walk down the aisle, and make sure you can support yourself and your future children just in case things don't work out because, well, you just never know.

So rather than make divorce harder for couples with small children, and rather than spend millions on promoting marriage as a way to get people out of poverty (which doesn't work, by the way), why not put that energy into helping people get college degrees?

We still are talking about the majority, when the president of Harvard spoke on my campus last week, she was saying, there's still a big gap between kids of color and upper middle class white kids, that the majority of upper middle class kids, the top quarter, the majority get a college degree.

«Senate Democratic proposals will ensure more of our students get a college degree without assuming crippling debt.

Governor Cuomo's plan to help prison inmates get college degrees has been heavily criticized by upstate lawmakers, especially Republicans.

Another is Clarence Maclin, who got his college degree shortly before being paroled and now works as a supervisor at a nearby residential treatment program helping young people avoid the costly mistakes he made as a teenager.

And after four years of working, students can then get that college degree through an online, night, or weekend program while continuing to work to assuage the 93 percent of parents that want their children to have a degree.

The vast majority never get a college degree.

Although getting a college degree is a big dream for many Americans, 44 million walk away from school with student loan debt.

Now that you've got a college degree under your belt — and hopefully some gainful employment — there are a number of lessons to learn when it comes to the almighty dollar.

If $ 382 a month for 10 years just to get a college degree sends shivers down your spine, it might be time to reconsider how you want to pay for that diploma.

Sometimes (cue Beethoven's 5th), it even requires getting a college degree.

Middle class tend to prioritize other things that are more important to them, such as get a college degree, a job, and then date their future spouse to settle down.

Nailor borrowed $ 35,000 to get a college degree in education.

If getting a college degree or helping your spouse or child obtain one is part of your early retirement plan, you can avoid that withdrawal tax by rolling your 401k into an IRA.

They all enlisted for different reasons, but many did so in hopes of getting a college degree after their military service commitment was completed.

So rather than make divorce harder for couples with small children, and rather than spend millions on promoting marriage as a way to get people out of poverty (which doesn't work, by the way), why not put that energy into helping people get college degrees?

The Steppingstone Academy and the College Success Academy prepare and support talented underserved students intent on getting their college degrees.

The costs of going to school add up quickly, and for many people, even though getting a college degree does eventually pay off, it may take a few years of working before they finally land a G.O.O.D. (get - out - of - debt) job with a livable salary.

It's more difficult for them to land good jobs, according to a study from the Pew Research Center, in spite of the fact that more millennials are getting college degrees than their parents did.

As Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs, and many entrepreneurs before them have proved, getting a college degree is definitely not a prerequisite for running a successful business.

«My wife got her G.E.D.,» says Bruce Foster, the lead man in the press department and die cut area, «and it ended up costing me 10 grand — because then she went back to get a college degree.»

«Today, getting a college degree isn't enough.

This was all while my friends were all still at college trying to get their college degrees that they would never use and hold massive college debt!

The generations agree that getting their college degree was worthwhile.

Of course «our» tax dollars and the welfare and he got college degree pay by us too everything free, but my kids pay student loans to go to college how sad the criminals get help and honest people don't, my kids work hard babysitting, delivering newspapers, washing cars, packing groceries, cutting grass oh that make me so proud of my kids!

It takes more than a decade to get a high school diploma; it takes an additional four years for most people to get a college degree; it takes nearly a quarter - century to become a great physician.

They are less likely to finish high school or get a college degree.