Argumentative Essay: Should People Have A College Education?

Can you imagine a world where nobody went to college? Everyone just stopped at high school and had no further education. We would not have any of the technology we have today because we would need highly educated people building it, along with other jobs that require higher education like teachers who educate the people of the next generation. Therefore, people should get a college education even if it is expensive. College education can help you get more employment opportunities because more and more jobs are requiring some type of college education. You can also make more money if you have a college education, college graduates also are more productive as members of society and are healthier and can live longer.
One of the many reasons people should have college educations is because more and more jobs are requiring a college education. For example, 187,000 more jobs required college degrees between December 2007 and January 2010. In 2010- 2016 99% job growth went to workers with college degrees. In a study at Georgetown University it was revealed that in 2018 63% of jobs will require some sort of college education or degree(Procon.org). So
The average take- home pay of a college graduate is $38,950, and the average take- home pay of a high school graduate is $21,500. So the average take- home pay of a college graduate is almost double that of a high school graduate. Also, over the course of 40 years a college graduate will have earned $1 million dollars more than a high school graduate(Hamilton). A house headed by a bachelor’s degree holders’s median income is more than double a high school graduate. People with bachelor’s degrees earn $30,000 more than a high school graduate every year (Procon.org). So even though college can be very expensive when you get a job you will earn more money than you would have if you would not have gone to