Having more worthwhile/marketable degrees. Things like gender studies are a waste of money.
Dear Kids and Parents,
Do not believe this poster who claims a liberal arts degree is a waste of money.
This is simply not true.
The idea that the degree has to match your career or you wasted your money is demonstrably false.
Many positions require a person with a college degree and have no requirement as to the field of study.
Moreover, the college degree itself is a step on the path to making more money over the entire career path, regardless of the major.
Look up the material for yourself. There are a ton of FACTS out there. Do not listen to a single person's story to determine important facts. A short, interesting story about a single person is an anecdote. Seek out the facts from large reliable pools of information.
An undergrad degree is very valuable in any major.
[this is supposed to be a calculator to figure the difference]
https://www.calcxml.com/calculators/...n?skn=#results
It may surprise you that, on average, an individual with a bachelor's degree earns approximately $66,872 per year, compared to the $37,076 average yearly salary of a worker with a high school diploma. Use this calculator to see the value of a college education.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2018.
https://www.aacu.org/sites/default/f...EAP/nchems.pdf
see, e.g.
http://time.com/3964415/ceo-degree-liberal-arts/
see, also:
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2016, people with these degrees experienced the following unemployment rates:
5.2 percent with a high school diploma
2.7 percent with a bachelor's degree
2.4 percent with a master's degree
1.6 percent with a doctorate or professional degree
A person with a 4 yr degree will make a lot more than a person without one, on average.
https://www.bls.gov/careeroutlook/20...ation-pays.htm
"A key reason why a degree remains a relatively valuable asset despite rising tuition is that the wages of those Americans without a degree have been falling, keeping the college wage premium near an alltime high, according to the report. Between 1970 and 2013, workers with a bachelor’s degree (excluding those who went on to a postgraduate degree) had annual earnings of about $64,500 after adjustment for inflation. Workers with an associate’s degree earned an adjusted $50,000 per year, and those with only a high school diploma earned $41,000. The authors calculate that, over four decades, workers with a bachelor’s degree earned on average 56 percent more and workers with an associate’s degree averaged 21 percent more than high school graduates.
Assuming that all workers retire at age 65 and that those who went to college spent 4 years in school to earn a bachelor’s degree or 2 years for an associate’s degree, workers with a bachelor’s degree earn well over $1 million more than high school graduates during their working lives. Workers with an associate’s degree earn about $325,000 more than high school graduates."
https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2014/be...l-worth-it.htm
"The average student loan debt last year for graduates of four-year colleges who took out loans was $28,650, according to the latest version of an annual report from the Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS). The average amount was up $300, or 1 percent, from 2016."
https://www.insidehighered.com/quick...colleges-28650
"Experts predict that the future job market will require a significant increase in skilled workers. According to the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce, by 2020, 65 percent of all jobs in the American economy will require education beyond high school. However, the U.S. Census estimates that just 33 percent of American adults currently possess a bachelor’s degree or more."
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/15/here...-graduate.html
So go out there and get a degree in the field you love. It will pay off. you will learn how to learn, and you will be having a great time doing it.
