As the information in Figure 1.2 indicates, receiving a college degree will improve your earning potential.
Here are some additional questions to ask yourself as you continue to think about why you’re at this particular college or university:
Work Together
Write five reasons you decided to go to college at this time in your life. Share what you wrote with a classmate and see how many of your reasons are the same or different.
Use the information in Figure 1.2 as motivation for making the most of college. The more education you have, the more likely you are to be employed and the higher your earnings will be.