Is college education after high school worth? In the article “Where college fails us” from her book The Case Against College , Caroline Bird argues that college must not be considered as the next step after completing high school for most of America’s youngsters. To support her arguments, she lays emphasis on some points like monetary losses and lack of interpersonal communication in the present day college atmosphere. Although her points may sound valid, there are some facts about the benefits of having college education which one should understand and know. Some of her arguments are not strong enough to consider avoiding college education among American youths. The purpose of this essay is to analyze the issues pointed out by Bird in her book on the failure of college education and to underpin it as incorrect by prove that college education is worth the cost and time spend for it. The most important factor that Bird points out is that college education is not required for obtaining a job. But this is a fallacy. As she argues, more graduates are produced than the number of job openings. But having a college degree makes an individual more employable than a simple high school diploma holder. Therefore, college education is a novel method to protect one from being unemployed. Also with the changing economic perspectives, it is better to be more prepared and a college degree can obviously place an individual above normal high school graduates. Joblessness is less prevalent among college graduates than high school graduates. “College attendance has been shown to “decrease prejudice, enhance knowledge of world affairs and enhance social status” while increasing economic and job security for those who earn bachelor’s degrees.” (Kathleen para.1). A college degree helps make an individual more marketable. Many areas of jobs like medicine, pharmacy, health care, management, education, biotechnology, banking, marketing etc require specialization or at least a bachelor’s degree as the minimum qualification. And the number of vacancies in these areas is always increasing. Thus, college education really helps in getting a job and makes a person more suitable for specialized jobs than the ones who don’t have formal college education. “College graduates have more jobs to choose from than those who don’t pursue education beyond high school.” (Plan for College, para.3). Another major argument by Caroline Bird is that college education is expensive and is not worth the investment. But, this is the weakest of all her arguments. Unlike three decades back when Bird published her book, today high school graduates end up having mainly blue collar jobs. These jobs have less security and lower payment; whereas college educated individuals are placed in much higher positions. Their white collar jobs are more rewarding and secure. This makes the investment in college education profitable. In the present world, having a secure job is what it counts than having some job that pays daily wages. College graduates earn more money than people with a high school diploma. “Annual earnings, based on degree, are: high school diploma, $32,500; associate’s degree, $42,000; bachelor’s degree, $53,000; master’s degree, $63,000; and professional degrees, $100,000+.” (Plan for College, para.4). In order to support her argument about the monetary loss in having college education, Bird states that if an individual invests the money spent in college in a savings bank account and goes for work right after high school, then his net income will be much more than the money ea