# What age do college grads break even financially with high school grads?

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- **Канал:** The College Investor
- **YouTube:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssTy31o2OAg
- **Дата:** 14.04.2026
- **Длительность:** 1:56
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- **Источник:** https://ekstraktznaniy.ru/video/45927

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### Segment 1 (00:00 - 01:00) []

This might be one of the most important charts that you see this week and it comes from the College Board and it shows when what age do you actually break even on what you spend and borrow for your college education. And if you see right here over my shoulder, if you borrow for the full price of the average college over four years, roughly $80,000, it will take you until you're about 34 years old in order to break even compared to being 18 and not going to college at all. And you can see once you pass 34, that inflection point grows quite a bit. But 34 is a long time. I mean, you graduate at 22, that's 12 years before you're even catching up to the kids that never even went to college. And there's a few important things to note about this study. First off, if you get the average amount of aid, right, this is sticker price. it pushes that whole chart down here to about 30. So, it shaves about four years off the break even. Part two that I want you to think about is this is $80,000. If you start spending more than $80,000 for a bachelor's degree, you start pushing that number farther and farther out, maybe even to the point where you never break even. So, if you've heard us here at the college investor say the average value of a bachelor's degree is between 40 and $80,000, it comes from data like this. So, if you're thinking about spending on college, keep this chart in mind because it's going to take you 12 years after you graduate just to catch up to those that went to high school and never went to college at all. Let me know your thoughts in the comments. What do you think about this newest data? And of course, you can find the full link to this report in our bio. As always, please like, subscribe, and follow us here at the College Investor, and we'll bring you the latest in higher education and personal finance