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A Site Just For Mother's Pursuing a Higher Education

 You have discovered a site “Just for College Mothers”. This site was developed by mothers attending college. We have been able not only to return to college but we also have become successful in our pursuit of a higher education. We hope as you navigate through pages here you find many useful tools to make your personal pursuit of higher education less stressful and successful as well. Whether you are already a mother when you enter college or you find yourself becoming a mother while enrolled in college the tools used for success are very much the same. It is important to recognize the importance of your education. The road that you must take as a mother attending college is unquestionably a rocky one. However with the correct tools in hand you can and you will become a college graduate.  Remember earning your college degree will make the rest of your journey through motherhood a lot smoother.


Did you know...

Women who pursue college degrees contribute to closing the wage gap between men and women.

The more you learn the more you earn!
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Additional Benefits to a College Education for Mothers:

  • -A decrease in poverty rates
  • -Less likely to smoke
  • -Increased knowledge and awareness
  • -More likely to have a job with health insurance
  • -Mothers with a college degree increase the chances that their children will attend college
  • -Women in college have less children
  • -Increases  persons feelings of self-worth
  • -Increases the chances that a person will volunteer or give back to their community

 
 
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Benefits to A Higher Education:
   Economic Independence


 Higher education can make a substantial difference in a woman’s lifetime income. A woman with less than a high school education can expect to earn $500,000 over time (in 1981 dollars). If she has a high school diploma she can expect to earn $634,000, and, with some college, $716,000. However, a woman with a college degree will earn
$846,000, and a woman with five or more years of college, $955,000. over her life.


Lifetime Salaries by Education Level:

  • High School Graduate $1.2 Million
    Associate's Degree $1.6 Million
    Bachelor's Degree $2.1 Million
  • Master's Degree $2.5 Million
    Doctoral Degree $3.4 Million
    U.S. Census Bureau Statistic