Will the Cost of College be Worth it Tomorrow?

My daughter is off to college next year, so I started counting my pennies to see if we can pay for her tuition.

It's common for institutions of higher learning to offer programs that provide some free money, but nonetheless, it's certainly not a free ride to get a good education anymore.

With the cost of education, which is even more inflated thanks to continual tuition increases, students need to ask themselves: Is it really worth it?

If you want to send the leaders of tomorrow to Santa Clara University, make sure you're prepared to put out about $250,000 for four years of schooling. I'm just multiplying four times $60,000, which is how much I was told tuition is a year there. 

After they land a good job, I asked myself how many years of disposable income it will take before the cost associated with pursuing a college education would be paid off?

This isn't a new question, just one I saw on Channel 2 News the other day. The news station showed a clip about a girl who's dropping out of college and is doing well. But hey, I never went to college and and I'm doing fine, too. 

I ask students to just think about a house or paying off those student loans. Then there is the question of those who come here from other countries and the bill has a big zero on it. I'm not sure if I want to get into that discussion...

Either way, we'll make it, but not everyone does or can.