College Degree Outcome

Pepper said:
I have an even sillier major than you, @oldlongwalker
A Master's in Medieval Studies
Yes, I really use my medieval French, German and Latin, NOT!
I must be a dilettante, there's no other reason.
I was also the first in my immediate family to earn a BA.
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What was your B.A. in?
 

I have a degree in Special Education and never taught school. I did, however manage a group home for mentally retarded adults and the education helped with that. I also have a son who has special needs.
I also have an Rn but never worked as a nursešŸ˜œ
The science courses helped with my job as a veterinary technician and assistant .
 
Yes, my education was 100% relevant to my lifelong job. But a bachelor degree is nowadays almost as common as a high school diploma in the past. To have the equivalent of a college degree of the past, you'll need now an additional professional or higher degree. But you have to be careful what degree you pursue. Perhaps 15 years ago, Palomar Community College near Escondido in SoCal had a job opening for a German teacher. They had supposedly 60 Ph.D. in German applicants. If you want to make money with your education, you better study the Occupational Outlook Handbook issued by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics https://www.bls.gov/ooh/ that has a section on promising jobs for the future. Otherwise, if you get a Ph.D. in Philosophy, you may have to earn your living as a taxi driver in NYC.
P.S., there are those who study for the love of it, and then there are others who study to make money. Lucky are those who can combine both. I advised one of my daughters to obtain a BA in accounting, an MBA, and a JD, and then she would end up in the boardroom of a large corporation. Well, she took a shortcut. After her BA, she got a 2-year nursing degree with which she also makes darned good money, above the average family income. I again advised her to go on and become either a physician assistant or nurse practitioner, but by now she has a family and has run out of steam. She has my blessings anyway.
 
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packleader said:
Yes, my education was 100% relevant to my lifelong job. But a bachelor degree is nowadays almost as common as a high school diploma in the past. To have the equivalent of a college degree of the past, you'll need now an additional professional or higher degree. But you have to be careful what degree you pursue. Perhaps 15 years ago, Palomar Community College near Escondido in SoCal had a job opening for a German teacher. They had supposedly 60 Ph.D. in German applicants. If you want to make money with your education, you better study the Occupational Outlook Handbook issued by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics https://www.bls.gov/ooh/ that has a section on promising jobs for the future. Otherwise, if you get a Ph.D. in Philosophy, you may have to earn your living as a taxi driver in NYC.
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That may be true, but if you get a degree in engineering, nursing, business, computer science and several others, you can pretty much write your own ticket. There are worker shortages in almost every sector of the economy right now (except for perhaps German or Philosophy professors).
 
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