Study Finds Just 45% of US Teens Want a College Degree; Increased Interest for Trade Schools, Apprenticeships, Boot Camps

[ucbalumnus]

Quoting from Why you can't get a job …

@SJ2727

Over 40% of employed Americans have at least a bachelor’s degree (it was 24% in 1992). That’s about 30M more people competing for college grad jobs. And while the number of jobs requiring a bachelor’s degree has also increased, when more people go to college, that means college on its own is a weaker signal of job market preparedness, relative to other candidates.

That seems to align with some postings like this and this around these forums suggesting that only prestigious colleges avoid employers “not knowing whether … a college graduate can write a grammatical, three paragraph summary of a longer non-technical work.” I.e. many employers do not see a college degree from a non-prestigious college that is not in a major that is important or essential preparation for an in-demand job category (like nursing, civil engineering, etc.) to be of value, or only of value indicating a slightly higher skill level than high school graduation.