“in today’s America: if you are the child of a family making more than $90,000 per year, your odds of getting a BA by age twenty-four are roughly one in two; if your family’s income is between $60,000 and $90,000, your odds are roughly one in four; if your parents make less than $35,000, your odds are one in seventeen.”
This part of the passage definitely challenged my opinions. In many states, there are community colleges close to a good university that provide classes on their campus without paying the tuition fees. It’s understandable for it to be difficult to obtain a degree if your parents are making less than $35,000 a year. But it is not at all impossible. Furthermore, community colleges offer many different transfer programs. Some may be one semester at the community college while making a certain GPA and would be able to transfer with scholarship money. All in all, I feel as if many people can get a BA and certainly a diploma without having to go 4 years at an expensive university when they can take nearly the same classes and earn their degree that way.