Explain this retarded fucking meme. I grew up in a shithole and basically no one had a degree, at a good college now and the vast majority of people clearly came from middle class and above families. Most people who left after 3 years (I'm still on) have had no problem getting a good job, and looking at old high school friends in Facebook everyone who didn't go is broke.
Is it literally just pushed by neet dropouts?
Those who gets a job in their field after college obviously make more than those without a degree.
The problem is that there are Ivy League graduates working in Starbucks. You might as well save your time and apply to Starbucks while in high school.
Getting a college degree doesn't guarantee a good job. That is the argument against college.
Pretty much + spur grapes from dance theory degrees
This is so few people.... See the op pic (median is no different). This board seems to act like it's the norm
That chart is already 10 years old, and, assuming the x axis indicates age, it goes back 60 years in history. Back then we know that college was beneficial, it still meant something. College these days is bullshit and does not carry the same respect it once did
It's a waste of money if you can get a job otherwise. Usually you'll have to differentiate yourself even if you go to college. Doing those types projects on your own puts you in a good spot compared to uneducated people.
The thing is that you can't do that for all degrees and it's more high risk. But if you look at the stats there's like 50% of people who don't work in the field of their degree, so even though it's higher risk to find a job, you will never be in debt. If you can get a job within 1 year of highschool, you're in a better position (work experience), have money and no debt and 1 promotion puts you making the same money as a graduate.
It only works if you start doing it from high school and for degrees that are scams like cs, business, design where the job is different than the degree.
It won't work as a replacement for sucking cock degrees (gender studies) or degrees where practical experience is required (law, medicine, etc.) so it really depends on a lot of things.
With the money people pay for college in the US, you could buy a private tutor for yourself for like 5 years
>I grew up in a shithole
>nobody has a degree
That's the point. In places where education is shitty, people with skills (ie. not meme degrees) are very valuable. In western countries where "everybody has the right to go to college" an associate's is the new high school diploma. The degree inflation and standards being lowered is making degrees necessary for even the most shitty desk jockey jobs.
So you either go into a trade and get stuck in one profession for your whole life or play the game that they've made and get a degree so you're not stuck with a McJob. I cant fucking wait for the college bubble to pop.
The difference actually used to be far smaller. It's got even bigger in the last 10 years.
You're literally just making things up and not even bothering to check if they're correct.
>If you can get a job within 1 year of highschool, you're in a better position (work experience), have money and no debt and 1 promotion puts you making the same money as a graduate.
I graduated valedictorian and would have been struggled to get a decent job. I didn't actually want to go despite having great grades, I just didn't see an alternative. Average students not a chance in a million years.
if the people who did finish a degree and got a good job did not go to college, they would have still got a good job. It's just that capable people are pushed into debt so they cannot properly market their skills from the get go.