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gergroy on 24 September 2012
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HappySqurriel said:
gergroy said:

so you are cherry picking jobs?  why don't you look at the averages of those with college degrees versus those with high school degrees and lets look at the difference.

http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=77

oh look at that, people with college degrees statistically make more, a lot more.  So yeah, we should encourage our students not to want that right?  


The problem is the averages distort the reality quite dramatically ...

For every petroleum engineer that is earning $150,000+ after 10 years there are 11 humanities majors that get their $30,000 salary boosted to the average of $40,000.

College is a great idea if you're career minded and heading into a field that is in demand in the region you live. It is a bad idea if you're going to school to discover your passion.

that's true, but those people working those low end salary jobs probably enjoy it quite a bit.  I, for example, am a teacher.  Do I make a lot of money?  No, I do not.  Do I love my job, yes I do.  Am I glad I went to college and paid to get this low paying job, you bet!