Most people already know that going to college is important; it opens many doors and
provides many advantages and opportunities. On average, people with a college education
earn nearly twice as much as those with only a high school diploma. So, over a lifetime, a
college graduate can earn about $2 million while a high school graduate will earn only $1
million. In fact, the earnings gap between someone with a college degree and someone with
a high school diploma has widened in the last decades and that gap is projected to widen
even further in the future.