Anonymous wrote:Didn’t read whole thread, but yes, an Associates Degree is a college degree. It’s just different than a Bachelor’s Degree.

Nope. Not a college degree. It’s a totally fine thing to get but not a college degree.

Anonymous wrote:People from small towns think college is community college for two years that's what they strive for. Right or wrong the two other coasts and NE seem to disagree.

No, they don’t. The Midwest universities are full of instate students from small towns. DC is full of Midwest transplants.

Community college in my home town used to be called Junior College.

I was a first generation MIT SB graduate.

People from small towns think college is community college for two years that's what they strive for. Right or wrong the two other coasts and NE seem to disagree.

Anonymous wrote:Good topic op.

I live here in DC I have some midwest friends that have only ever lived in the midwest but I met them through work and they consider an Associate’s Degree from community college college graduates. It's very strange. A two year degree in the midwest is like a four year degree anywhere else.

Everyone I know from midwestern cities would either be rolling their eyes or dying laughing right now.

Anonymous wrote:Your friend’s logic about tracks with what I’d expect from people getting AA degrees, ie that they’re not secret geniuses who just have institutional impediments to getting a fulsome education.

😎🔥 delightful!

No. I teach in the community college environment, it's my favorite job- and I love community colleges, they serve an enormous purpose for so many reasons. But an Associate Degree is not a college graduate degree. There are many certifications that come from this environment, such as being an RN for example, and provide basic requirements for several careers, but on any application, a college degree means a BA or BS.

But, don't start arguing with someone we who says otherwise, they do know this.

Didn’t read whole thread, but yes, an Associates Degree is a college degree. It’s just different than a Bachelor’s Degree.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good topic op.

I live here in DC I have some midwest friends that have only ever lived in the midwest but I met them through work and they consider an Associate’s Degree from community college college graduates. It's very strange. A two year degree in the midwest is like a four year degree anywhere else.

That’s completely untrue. “People in the Midwest” do not consider an associates degree to be equivalent to a bachelor’s.

It's true they think AA is good enough. A lot don't even consider getting a four year degree a two year is good enough. On the east coast most places want you to have a four year BS nursing degree. In the midwest a two year AA nursing degree is "just fine" and acceptable.

You have no idea what you are talking about.

Anonymous wrote:Good topic op.

I live here in DC I have some midwest friends that have only ever lived in the

midwest but I met them through work and they consider an Associate’s Degree from community college college graduates. It's very strange. A two year degree in the midwest is like a four year degree anywhere else.

In the midwest it's common place for them to check the box as DONE WITH COLLEGE after just getting their Associate’s Degree. This is normal and pretty typical in Iowa.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good topic op.

I live here in DC I have some midwest friends that have only ever lived in the midwest but I met them through work and they consider an Associate’s Degree from community college college graduates. It's very strange. A two year degree in the midwest is like a four year degree anywhere else.

That’s completely untrue. “People in the Midwest” do not consider an associates degree to be equivalent to a bachelor’s.

It's true they think AA is good enough. A lot don't even consider getting a four year degree a two year is good enough. On the east coast most places want you to have a four year BS nursing degree. In the midwest a two year AA nursing degree is "just fine" and acceptable.

Anonymous wrote:The National Survey of College Graduates done by the Census Bureau does not include associate degree holders in their survey. It’s a survey for those who have at least a bachelor’s degree.

Interesting! I think a lot of people right or wrong don't consider a 2 year degree a college graduate. It's like "half" of college.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A college graduate is someone with a four year degree from an accredited college. That’s not snobbery. That’s facts.

Incorrect. An associate’s degree is a college degree.

Not according to our official statistics

Anonymous wrote:Good topic op.

I live here in DC I have some midwest friends that have only ever lived in the midwest but I met them through work and they consider an Associate’s Degree from community college college graduates. It's very strange. A two year degree in the midwest is like a four year degree anywhere else.

That’s completely untrue. “People in the Midwest” do not consider an associates degree to be equivalent to a bachelor’s.

Anonymous wrote:Good topic op.

I live here in DC I have some midwest friends that have only ever lived in the midwest but I met them through work and they consider an Associate’s Degree from community college college graduates. It's very strange. A two year degree in the midwest is like a four year degree anywhere else.

IKR, we have to keep the line between us and them clear, even as they try to climb their own educational and career ladders.