The ability to earn a high salary over a lifetime is one of the most compelling reasons to earn a college degree. The U.S Census Bureau (http://www.census.gov/) has released a report that shows individuals with college degree earn considerably more money than those without degrees. From 1998 until 2000 the Census Bureau (http://www.census.gov/) studied information and found that the average high school graduate would earn $30,400 per year. The average college graduate with a bachelor’s degree would earn $52,000 per year. This report has also shown that, over a lifetime, a bachelor’s degree is worth $2.1 million, which is almost double of a person with only a high school diploma or GED (http://www.census.gov/).