More than half of middle-class kids fail to earn bachelor's degrees - Mar. 25, 2015

Here's a little-known, scary stat: More than half of middle class kids who start college fail to earn a bachelor's degree within six to eight years.



The low graduation rate has big implications for young adults' ability to remain in the middle class, or to rise a few rungs above their parents on the economic ladder. A college degree, once a ticket to the middle class, is now a must-have to maintain that status.



More than half of middle-class kids fail to earn bachelor's degrees - Mar. 25, 2015