By: Ryan Dettmann
Through recent research more and more people are enrolling into specifically Community Colleges, but few researchers of academia have considered how this effects students. More specifically, how students in these colleges succeeded less in earning a degree than at a four year College. This can have a effect on how people in getting a job and how since they are less likely to attain a degree that they are more likely to be in debt.
In the recent years the enrollment in Community Colleges, like Bunker Hill Community College, have spike almost as much as 20%. A staggering number but not terribly surprising with the recent recession tightening people’s budgets. The price of Community Colleges general lower in price compared to a 4-year University. But in several studies have shown that people are less likely to graduate and attain a degree at a community college and a less-selective state schools. That means more people are entering the job market without a degree inhibiting them from getting better jobs, which hurts our economy.
Since people at Community Colleges are less likely to get a degree and spent several thousands on trying to get one they are more likely to be in debt from it. Additionally, research has shown that people are borrowing more from private lenders putting them in deeper debt. Also with a larger amount of Community College students not attaining a degree, Students, in most instances, are less likely to getting a better job compared to a person with a degree. This make it less likely for students to get out of the debt from schooling.
Since studies have shown that Community college enrollments have surged and people are less likely to attain a degree from these institutions, it is likely that overall student debt will increase and promising that the recession will not end soon. Although with the influx of students, it will be interesting to see if Community Colleges start trying to improve the possibility of their students attaining a degree.
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