11-09-2023 01:11 via news.slashdot.org

Is Gen Z Giving Up on College?

Business Insider reports on "a soaring number of Gen Zers who has decided to skip college altogether.
"Four million fewer teenagers enrolled at a college in 2022 than in 2012."
For many, the price tag has simply grown too exorbitant to justify the cost. From 2010 to 2022, college tuition rose an average of 12% a year, while overall inflation only increased an average of 2.6% each year. Today it costs at least $104,108 on average to attend four years of public university — and $223,360 for
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