Your facts are wrong. Or outdated.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/ct-marksjarvis-college-grads-get-jobs-0216-20170224-column.html
This story ^ points out that right after the recession, things were bad for recent college grads (and most everybody else), but the trend has reversed.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/07/01/still-questioning-whether-college-is-worth-it-read-this/
The above link says:
Out of the 11.6 million jobs created in the post-recession economy, 11.5 million went to people with at least some college education. Of those jobs, 8.4 million went to workers with a bachelor’s degree or higher. People with a high school diploma or less education landed 80,000 jobs in the recovery, the report said.
…and goes on to say that low-skilled jobs are the only growth area for workers with a high school diploma or less. A paltry 80,000 of those jobs were created…
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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/06/03/upshot/up-college-unemployment-quiz.html
This is an interactive one-question quiz to guess the unemployment rate of college grads ^
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/31/upshot/revised-data-shows-community-colleges-have-been-underappreciated.html
This is a story about community colleges’ worth^
If you’re a recent college grad, give it time. Lots of people struggle right out of college.