How a Degree Will Boost Your Entire Life

A Degree is a Lifetime
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The schools and degrees you find here deliver on the demands of the nation and the industries that are in need of skilled professionals. Let's take a look at the opportunities and open doors that a motivated student can take advantage of.

All Business, All Day
No, you won't (likely) get to make a speech in front of hundreds of adoring fans. But, with a college degree you will get the respect, accomplishment and confidence that comes from taking your career seriously and making an average of $1.47 million more over your lifetime (U.S. Census Bureau, 2005: lifetime = 40 years). The cost of earning your college degree might seem like a lot of money. When you compare it to the payoff, however, you soon realize that the cost is negligible.

With the long-term in mind, it seems foolish not to advance your education, no matter where your degree level stands now. Go from High School Diploma to Bachelor's degree and make $23,500 more a year on average. Go from a Bachelor's to a Master's degree and earn an average of $15,534 more per year (U.S. Census Bureau, 2004 Population Survey). The choice is yours. Make your lifetime as rich, fruitful, and profitable as it can be.

To start, request information from a school today!

Get Smarter, Go Farther, From the Heart
An overwhelming majority of prospective students like you want to earn an education because, first and foremost, they hope to enrich their lives. In addition to personal growth and fulfillment, students want to pursue a degree while working, make more money, and advance their careers. This information, collected from DegreeUSASM historical data, tells us that students care most about feeling and thinking better. And that's exactly why you should earn or advance your degree.

It is a given that you can probably find a great, accredited school and earn a degree in a field that interests you. You can attend classes on your own schedule, making your education fit into your life right now. It is expected that you will earn more money after you graduate (see Census data above). What you may not expect is to see the world differently and for the world to see you differently in return.

Think of eliminating the fear of an unstable job market because you have special skills that set you apart. Think of the look on your friends' and family's faces when you start spouting fresh and relevant knowledge about your business or profession. Think of getting out of bed every morning wanting to learn more, create more, and affect more lives. This is the realm of possibilities that you can awaken with a degree in a field that sparks your mind.

Please, contact the schools that you like today and explore new opportunities. You'll feel better.

In the Future, Everyone Will Have a Degree
Okay, not everyone, but it is possible that a vast majority will. Why? Because of the power of online education. 3.2 million students are currently taking an online class. And that number is growing for a reason (Sloan Consortium, Making the Grade: Online Education in the United States, 2006).

When students make the decision to get their degree online, they engage in a very powerful process with a ton of potential. They link with dozens of like-minded people all over the country (or sometimes the world) to study and analyze some of the most important professional and economic issues. Leading the group is the instructor who, for the career-minded online education lot, is a working professional with knowledge and experience that could surpass academically trained professors.

The combination is a churning and burning communication and learning machine. The product? A more informed connected population with the tools needed to make an impact in today's professional world. And in the end, the product is you. Only a better you.

Make your move: request information from a school as soon as you can.