The latest NBC News poll shows two-thirds of registered voters down on the value proposition of a degree. A majority said degrees were worth the cost a dozen years ago.
Americans have grown sour on one of the longtime key ingredients of the American dream.
Almost two-thirds of registered voters say that a four-year college degree isn’t worth the cost, according to a new NBC News poll, a dramatic decline over the last decade.
Just 33% agree a four-year college degree is “worth the cost because people have a better chance to get a good job and earn more money over their lifetime,” while 63% agree more with the concept that it’s “not worth the cost because people often graduate without specific job skills and with a large amount of debt to pay off.”
its not even worth the time, let alone the cost, plus potential health issue arise from the stress. Unless you are going for degree with an indemand field like health, or something else, and not theoretical work(research) which is mostly filled with people that afford to study all day, afford grad school. even if you go to CC school before transfer, its just as depressing, alot of them dont have an idea about which 4 year school they go to, and many of them struggle and wash out the CC,(ours and 1 near use decided to have very difficult classes for most majors, so the chances of washing it is higher, they alleged its for validating class for nearby UC, personally i think its a bs methods intentionally to make people stay longer because they fail class/drop class, so they have retake or delay thier transfer, therefore its more profit for the school).
Speak for yourself