Student Debt 2013: Why College is the Worst Investment Ever

Student Debt 2013: Why College is the Worst Investment Ever: For years, we have been told college is the best investment one can make. That could not be further from the truth. Thanks to government bureaucracy and lack of economic understanding, college tuition is skyrocketing. This leads us to wonder — what is our education worth? Is it worth a decade of debt? Is it worth all our time for four years or more? College is often a terrible investment, and far too frequently an arbitrarily “necessary” one. There are innumerable better alternatives, including working and learning online.