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Campus Connection: Is getting a college degree really worth it?

If one must go deep into debt to earn an undergraduate degree, is it still worth it to go to college?

Consider: Of those who earned an undergraduate degree from UW-Madison during the 2007-08 academic year, 48.9 percent left school with debt (according to UW’s “Data Digest” publication). And of those who graduated with debt, the average amount was a whopping $20,747.

In addition, one doesn’t need a bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university to succeed in today’s world. Right?