Comments on: How Much is Your College Degree Worth? Not as Much as You Think

By: giz

giz — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:03:28 +0000

Well, THAT’s not discouraging news for educators everywhere.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:46:32 +0000

Brian’s clearly never been to law school nor has he researched a law career. Go look up what you make out of law school if you didn’t go to a top 10 school and didn’t finish top 10 of your class.

By: Shar

Shar — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:49:32 +0000

I’m sorry, you honestly can’t be surprised that no one is hiring you with your MFA…there is nothing wrong with getting an MFA. I’d love to get one myself, and plan on it one day when I can afford it. They take a lot of talent to get, but they really aren’t marketable to about 99% of companies.

By: Kay

Kay — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:56:33 +0000

I agree with you, Christine, that success in getting a job also depends on the potential employee’s personality. I think it also depends a great deal on their motives – like J wrote in the article, many college students are there only because they want to be successful, not because they want to learn as much as they can about biomedical engineering or south Asian studies or whatever. I really think it’s important for parents to encourage their kids to explore their interests starting from an early age so they can find out what field they want to go into, instead of just trying to push them into what’s deemed successful.

By: Jill

Jill — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:21:15 +0000

Too much education can make you overqualified for many minimum wage jobs

By: Christine

Christine — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:47:13 +0000

I think getting a job that pays well doesn’t always depend on your degree but depends on YOU. My uncle has a BA from UND. And he makes way more money than some guys who went to Harvard AND Yale. My uncle can sell anything and has a great personality. Thus, he got a a great job because he was able to convince the employer that he was necessary to hire.

It also depends on the field you want to get in to. If the demand for a specific job is high, then you’ll have a greater chance of getting it. Female doctors are apparently on the rise, or so I heard from my former pediatrician.

By: Kelly - UMass

Kelly - UMass — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:04:34 +0000

I’m not claiming its WRONG to be biased…everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but make it an education one K, that’s all I’m sayin.

By: K

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:28:47 +0000

Kelly…you might be right about this…but look at what website you write for. There is plenty of bias on this website, so I wouldn’t be quick to judge Brian about his opinions.

By: Kelly - UMass

Kelly - UMass — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:55:26 +0000

Now, while I definitely agree that not ALL fields require you to go to graduate school to earn a decent salary (with certain fields, such as psychology and bio, obviously you need higher, advanced levels of education), I think it’s pretty insulting Brian, that you would make a claim that only “Engineering, Business and Law” are the appropriate career fields and you’re a “sucker” if you choose otherwise.

You must not be watching the news or been living in this economy lately. If so, you would know that this is currently, the worst job market e-v-e-r, for ANY field, including business, law and engineering. Look at banks, their stock and how multi-million dollar business corporations are losing thousands and millions of dollars and are having employee cutbacks every other day. Still think we’re suckers if we don’t go into business? Ever know that there are more sport agents (ALL of which must attend law school before going into their profession) than there are athletes? Or about human rights law where lawyers come out of school thousands of dollars in debt and make the same amount of money as a retail store manager? My guess is that your view is based on your own opinions and, before you go bashing the writer or this article – or anyone who reads it that has a different view as you, you should look at the bigger picture instead of making more biased opinions.

By: leebee

leebee — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:41:47 +0000

Actually, Brian, there’s a hell of a lot more routes in university that’ll get you good jobs. Nursing, education, languages, thanatology, any specified science… they can all get you great jobs that are varied and much needed…

Or maybe that’s only in Canada. haha