Is college worth it?

[sgreanbeans]

I have one BS degree that might as well be in underwater basket weaving in my market.

X2, I have a degree in CAD. Worthless.

 

[LarryRFL]

Do both. Work in the trade to pay your way through college. If you find out it's not for you, you'll still be working on a career. No one has to go to college full time. If it take longer to get a degree, well at least you won't end up with a mountain of debt. I served with a lot of guys in the Air Force who took college courses while serving. Some took sever or eight years to get their degree, but pair their way through. College degrees these days have become almost worthless depending on the course of study. You can actually earn more in a good trade than most college graduates with liberal arts degrees. Check out the Mike Rowe interview on Huckabee's show a few weeks ago.

 

[HuskStihl]

Nope

14 years of post high scool education and I still can't match cuts for ####

 

[sgreanbeans]

Do both. Work in the trade to pay your way through college. If you find out it's not for you, you'll still be working on a career. No one has to go to college full time. If it take longer to get a degree, well at least you won't end up with a mountain of debt. I served with a lot of guys in the Air Force who took college courses while serving. Some took sever or eight years to get their degree, but pair their way through. College degrees these days have become almost worthless depending on the course of study. You can actually earn more in a good trade than most college graduates with liberal arts degrees. Check out the Mike Rowe interview on Huckabee's show a few weeks ago.

Yeah Mike Rowe was pretty spot on in that interview. This is why I still teach my boys the trade. The last thing I want, is for them to do this for a career. I want them to go to school and live in those houses we always work at. The ones with the Range Rover in front of the 4 car garage. But, if their degree does not get them there. They will at least, always have a skill that few people know how to do, so they will always be able to put food on the table.

 

[BC WetCoast]

I don't think most degrees are worth the paper they are printed on or the massive collage deubt accrued by the students that earn them. Check what job and more importantly how much you can earn with the degree then make the choice. I have one BS degree that might as well be in underwater basket weaving in my market.

Statistics show that the average degree holder will outearn a non-degree holder over their career by a significant amount. Of course that would include doctors, lawyers, dentists and engineers which will skew the average. However, many people with basic arts degrees then become very high level salespeople who outearn the professionals.

It's not the degree, it's how you use it.

 

[capetrees]

Get a degree, get licenses, get certifications and get every enabling title you possibly can and carry it with you as you get older. With time, you may want to change careers and being behind the times won't help. As I get older, I have a BS, class A drivers license, hoisting license, pesticides license, real estate license, license to carry, construction supervisors license and although I don't use them now, I might in the future. If I take a fall climbing, I have something to maybe fall back on. (like how I did that?) I may have a chnage of heart also and having these licenses and certs. allows me to change if I want to. Keep in mind also, as you get older, you wear out easier and there will always be someone younger and quicker. Be able to change if you want to, not if you have to and then be unprepared.:msp_thumbup:

 

[joedodge]

Get a degree, get licenses, get certifications and get every enabling title you possibly can and carry it with you as you get older. With time, you may want to change careers and being behind the times won't help. As I get older, I have a BS, class A drivers license, hoisting license, pesticides license, real estate license, license to carry, construction supervisors license and although I don't use them now, I might in the future. If I take a fall climbing, I have something to maybe fall back on. (like how I did that?) I may have a chnage of heart also and having these licenses and certs. allows me to change if I want to. Keep in mind also, as you get older, you wear out easier and there will always be someone younger and quicker. Be able to change if you want to, not if you have to and then be unprepared.:msp_thumbup:

Very well said capetrees..You may not need them now but wait 20 years..