Is college worth it anymore?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Is college worth it anymore?". Your opponent's style: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

College is absolutely worth it. Yes, tuition costs have exploded, but graduates still earn roughly a million dollars more over their lifetimes than high school graduates. That's not spin, that's math. The debt problem is real, but it's a financing problem, not a value problem. Fix the loans, not the degree.

You're comparing apples to sand. That million-dollar figure assumes every grad stays employed, doesn't have kids, lives in a high-wage market, and doesn't spend four years not earning. Meanwhile, a plumber making six figures at 25 while your grad is still paying interest has already lapped you financially. The degree isn't the problem, but acting like it guarantees wealth? That's the spin. Why should eighteen-year-olds gamble four years on a maybe?