Why College Students Stop Short Of A Degree

By Lou Carlozo

(Reuters) – Aspiring journalist Fruzsina Eordogh dropped out of Loyola University Chicago last spring, just a few classes shy of graduating.

Saddled with $50,000 in student loans, she decided that spending more time in class would derail her from pursuing opportunities in the job market.

Eordogh, now 26, has worked full-time since June as an online reporter at the Daily Dot, a digital publication covering Internet culture, and is chipping away at her financial obligations even as many of her former classmates have gone on to graduate school…Read More

Fruzsina Eordogh poses outside a cafe in Chicago, March 19, 2012. REUTERS/John Gress
Fruzsina Eordogh works outside a cafe in Chicago, March 19, 2012. REUTERS/John Gress
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  1. I think college is often thought to be the only route to a good job, which clearly isn’t the case. With everything being more vocational nowadays a lot of the academic subjects are less applicable, this is particularly true for subjects such as IT and web design. I wish Fruzsina all the best.