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Originally Posted by Rainmaker
To employers it is. Even low paying jobs require a 4-year degree.
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I think I'm confused. This whole part of the conversation started with a discussion about jobs that specifically require no college at all. The last study I saw on the subject stated that only about a third of job openings are expected to require a 4-year degree, another third some college/2-year, another third no college at all. The kind of jobs I thought we were talking about were the HS-only type. A not-small amount of them pay above the median US income, and a lot more pay just below it. They aren't jobs that a lot of people think are glamorous (truck drivers, plumbers, technicians, etc.) but there's a lot of quality work out there from a pay standpoint that doesn't require a 4-year degree, some of it fields where the demand just can't be filled. Those are the types of jobs where I don't personally see a good reason for people to have a degree in 'Random Not Particularly Practical Major'.