Only 50% of College Grads Think Their Degrees are Worth It

New data out today from the national Gallup-Purdue Index (GPI) popped up in our news feed:

In the face of mounting debt, only half of all alumni… “strongly agree” their university education was worth the cost.

It took me aback to think that 15,000 of the 30,000 college grads included in this comprehensive annual study now question the value of their degree. When college is a dream for so many parents that begins to swirl in our heads concurrent with thinking of baby names, I wonder, how did t...