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Is college worth the cost? The average net worth of Forbes 400 members without a degree is 6.6% higher.
College Vs. No College
Davide Dukcevich, 07.28.03, 7:00 AM ET
Dropping out of school gets a bad rap in America. Words like "slacker" and "directionless" are usually pinned on dropouts--a word that itself is wrapped in stigma. But the list of the very richest Americans is filled with people who did not stick around long enough to get their college degree.
The idea behind attending college is to increase earnings potential down the road. But for Bill Gates, Michael Dell and Larry Ellison, the ivory tower was getting in the way of their making big bucks. So they quit.
John Kluge used his time at Columbia University to lay the financial groundwork for his business empire--thanks to his out-of-class activities. America's 12th-richest man studied economics and nearly lost his scholarship after getting caught playing poker...
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