Define the opportunity cost of getting your college degree by analyzing what steps and economic factors a potential student must make when choosing to pursue an education including the value of current versus future earnings once you apply this formal training. Given your answer, is getting a formal college education worth your opportunity costs? Why?

Please utilize information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics earnings by employment classification/categories based on your future profession (research industry earnings data and trends in compensation within the labor market, report data to show solid mastery of learning outcomes) at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm