• whether you have earned a degree

• Yes, two. Almost three.

• What level of degree you have earned
  • Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Education and soon to be Masters of Education

• what field of study you earned your credentials in
  • Geography and Mathematics; Intermediate and Secondary (Adolescent) Education; and Curriculum, Teaching and Learning Studies

• whether or not you're currently employed in that same field of study
  • Yes or no. Yes in the sense that there are many things that I've used through the experience of both my degrees. I've witnessed many different teaching styles, perspectives in which to approach subject areas, developed a knowledge base (though this could be done readily without the degree) among otherl things applicable to my job.

  No in the sense that I am neither a mathematician nor am I a geomorphologist. For me it was very much about personal gratification and interest. Learning, in such an environment, for learning's sake.

     I'm gonna go with yes on this one, especially in the case of the B. Ed.

• whether your degree was required for you to attain said job (and I mean whether your specific degree was required, not if, say, a bachelor's degree in general was required)
  • It was required

• your country/region of origin
  • Canada

• whether you have earned a degree
• YES ! 2 Times !
• what level of degree you have earned
• Associates
• what field of study you earned your credentials in
• PC Specialist / Book Keeper
• whether or not you're currently employed in that same field of study
• I m employed in accounting, i just took the PC-related stuff as a Hobby (Homo Sapiens Geekiest)
• whether your degree was required for you to attain said job (and I mean whether your specific degree was required, not if, say, a bachelor's degree in general was required)
• Mmm, actually i m 100% sure i will earn a Bacherlor Degree, only death can stop me to reach that level, but here in Colombia the Bachelor degree takes 5 years.
• your country/region of origin, as this may showcase differences in the education system of one country vs another
• Colombia.

Actually, i just felt like yourself about 30 days ago, i was attending at the "Antioquia University", the second biggest in the contry and the oldest(200 years), it has a population quite big (38.000+ students), and it is ranked second in the national rank of Quality.

I quit those studies cause i felt i was never going to use those weird things in my professional area, i lose 2 times "Math I" (Purcell is a stinky beach :D : P). As i said before, i already am doing 98% of the required "Bachelor-related" things, i only miss the "Professional Card" to sign taxes and Financial-related pappers.

However, i m already saving money to study again, sadly, it will be next year : ' ( , but i really think that getting a Bachelor degree helps you to improve your life.

For the record, I say go to school. You learn a lot more than just what you get in the classes when you go to college. As to what those things are, you'll just have to go to find out for yourself.

Honestly though, learning is an end itself, it makes your brain fitter and helps your problem solving skills, and guess how many jobs DON'T require problem solving skills? (protip: zero)

• BS in Computer Science from Southern Methodist University
• Masters in Level Design with a specialization in scripting from The Guildhall at SMU
• Total time in school (undergrad + grad) in case it matters: 7 years
• Computer Science, Engineering, Game Development
• Yes for game development but use things I learned in both
• Yes and no...It wasn't technically required but I would have never gotten the job if I didn't have it.
• United States, Texas

For me, college could not have been more useful.

• I use everything I learned from my Level Design grad work
• I don't do heavy programming, only scripting which is programming light but there are many things that still come incredibly handy.
• Random diversity classes like history (almost minored in Medieval Studies if I would have had the time to finish the last few classes ^^), psychology, math (actually did minor in math, just didn't bother declaring it because I'm lazy like that) and everything else is even useful in my job

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And I completely agree with CommonMan here, you may not use your degree but college is still worth it.  You learn so much about yourself and that is the time in your life when you just get to have fun and soak in loads of information.  My wife triple majored in Computer Science, Math, and English and now she's a project manager so she really doesn't need any of her three degrees but all the knowledge she gained from those degrees, the random things that happened, and random classes helped her get and keep her current job.

I'm sure there must have been a CSI episode where the victim was killed in a bar...

You'd be the go-to gal for those cases!

On another topic, I have had only 1 job after college that has actually asked to see/take a copy of my diploma to prove that I actually got it :P

So worst case - lie lol

Updated the OP. Surprised Tier 1 filled out a good bit over the last half of the thread. At first Tier 2 was absolutely dominating. It still has quite the lead, though.

This thread is basically backing up what I've seen in real life, as most people haven't made much use of their degree. The one surprise is the number of Computer Science majors that found their degree integral to their success in life, but this *is* a video game forum, so we're obviously going to have a higher number of computer nerds (I was a third of the way through a CS degree at one point), and from what I know through my dad, you can't get by just on experience like him these days lol. He only manages because he's been in the field for thirty years.

I'm contemplating breaking the results up into two more tiers: one for those who work in the same field of study as their degree but for which their degree was not required (thus their courses were at least somewhat useful) and those who work in a field unrelated to their degree but for which a degree in some form was required (thus college was a necessity either way).

Once again, thanks for all the responses guys!