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Is College Worth the Cost? An Illustrated Explainer

Andy Warner
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More Americans are attending college today than ever before. And that's generally considered a good thing.

But skyrocketing college tuition at both public and private universities has left a growing number of graduates mired in debt and struggling to find good paying jobs. It's a widening problem that's received an unprecedented degree of attention in the 2016 presidential campaign (among the Democratic contenders, at least).

All of which begs the question: is all that studying and sacrifice really worth the huge financial hit? With pencil in hand, comic journalist Andy Warner explores the issue.

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SelfPortraitAndy Warner's comic journalism has been published by Symbolia, Slate, popsci.com, American Public Media, Campus Progress and more. You can see more of his work at: andywarnercomics.com and andywarnercomics.tumblr.com

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