COLLEGE MATTERS

PROVISION

FOR YOUR
LIFE’S JOURNEY

“Education is the best provision for life’s journey” — Aristotle

IS COLLEGE A SCAM?

Girl scratching her head.

You’ve probably heard a lot lately about college being a scam.  Certainly, a lot of colleges are scamming students (and taxpayers).

Charlie Kirk has written a book called The College Scam: How America’s Universities are bankrupting and brainwashing away the future of America’s Youth.  He makes some incredibly good observations.

Charlie writes, “As I’ll make clear in this book, not all colleges are equally corrupt or involved in this scam.  If every college had a mission statement like that of Hillsdale College, for example, my criticism would be quite different.”  He goes on to say: “Unfortunately, only a handful of colleges are focused on objective truth, beauty, and traditional morality.”

Hartwell University stands humbly and proudly among the “handful of colleges” Mr. Kirk alludes to.

At Hartwell, we work for the outcome…not the income.  We aim for wholistic education that creates value and makes the world a much better place.  We care about you and the culture we are handing down to the next generation.  We also care about your financial future, which is why our undergraduate tuition at HU is about 61% less than the national average for online degrees from other private institutions, and around 52% less than typical online offerings from public schools.*

Since we are convinced of the immense importance of faith and morality-based education, we will gladly help find the right school for you, even if it isn’t HU.

We know personally of many other institutions that are also making deep and impactful sacrifices to invest into the lives of people just like you.  Our hats are off to these groups and individuals.  You can learn more about them on the colleges and universities page of our sister institution, Hartwell Quest

College doesn’t have to be a scam.  It should be the rocket to your future.

NOTABLE

STATS TO CONSIDER

We have all heard of self-made millionaires and billionaires who never went to college.  They are practically unicorns and you might be one of them.

We believe most of these rare prodigies would’ve been better off learning the sound principles that are foundational to everything money can’t buy.     

Statistics from the studies cited below underscore the importance and value of an affordable, no-nonsense education that is grounded in faith and morality.

HIREABILITY

A third of employers have recently raised educational requirements.1

33% of positions are being filled by workers with master’s degrees that had been primarily filled by people with bachelor’s degrees.2

41% of employers are hiring people who have undergraduate degrees for positions that had mainly been held by those with high school degrees.3

ANNUAL EARNINGS

The poverty rate is 3 times higher for those who only have a high school diploma and not a college degree.4

Annual median earnings for those with a bachelor’s degree are 84% higher than those who just have a high school diploma.5

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

For people without a college degree, the unemployment rate is twice as high.6

LIFETIME EARNINGS

A recent study finds that earnings generally increase with more education:

Those with a bachelor’s degree typically earn $1.2 million more over their lifetimes than people who just have a high school diploma—those with a master’s degree on average earn $400k more throughout their lives than those with bachelor’s degrees.7

IMPACT ON FAITH

We believe the most important stat is the impact the right or wrong college can have on a student’s faith.  At least 52% of students who say they are “born again” no longer claim to be after attending a non-Christian institution.  This statistic is only 2-4% for students who attended Christian colleges.8

Benjamin Franklin Portrait

“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” — Benjamin Franklin