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In a dramatic shift, Americans no longer see four-year college degrees as worth the cost
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its not even worth the time, let alone the cost, plus potential health issue arise from the stress. Unless you are going for degree with an indemand field like health, or something else, and not theoretical work(research) which is mostly filled with people that afford to study all day, afford grad school. even if you go to CC school before transfer, its just as depressing, alot of them dont have an idea about which 4 year school they go to, and many of them struggle and wash out the CC,(ours and 1 near use decided to have very difficult classes for most majors, so the chances of washing it is higher, they alleged its for validating class for nearby UC, personally i think its a bs methods intentionally to make people stay longer because they fail class/drop class, so they have retake or delay thier transfer, therefore its more profit for the school).
Speak for yourself