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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Actual skills are more important in today’s job market than a college degree. There are ways to get valuable industry certifications and credentials without paying for an expensive diploma.  [/quote]

You are gonna have to back that BS claim up with some facts, please.

Because ALL the data says otherwise:

[img]https://i2.wp.com/www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/figure1_LO_FINAL_NEW.png?w=768&crop=0%2C0px%2C100%2C9999px&ssl=1[/img][/quote]

Your graph shows looks at a 30-year career. Sure, college degrees were financially lucrative for someone who graduated 30 years ago when college costs were much lower. I’m not so sure college means a great payoff for today’s grads.[/quote]

You're "not sure"?  So then let's go with what the data says, and I mean all the data, and not some armchair nostrada-musing.

FYI the data shown has NOTHING to do with college costs, so that is a strawman argument.  College grads earn more.  LOTS more. Around double. End period.[/quote]

Yes, and likely because above a certain aptitude threshold just about everyone has a college degree, or at least some college credits.

The relevant argument is whether going to a fancy private college over going to a state college, even a regional state school, and getting required certificates, is worth it? There are some sectors where the answer is soundly no.

And some people without college degrees can do better than most people with college degrees by becoming successful skilled machinists or in the trades. [/quote]

Exactly. None of this data compares apples to apples. It assumes that everyone starts on equal footing prior to obtaining the college degree, and that isn’t so. [/quote]

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