9 Out of 10 New Jobs are Going to Those with a College Degree

[sanantone]

So, are you serious when you implied that the low pay has to do with the demographics of the workforce? That is interesting, I have never heard that expressed.

40k with a masters is insane. I hope biology majors do a simple glassdoor or indeed search before dropping all that time and cash. What a load of crap.

I am saying this as someone who wants a history degree for fun, but that's a different story.

I'm not saying there's a causal relationship, but there is a correlation. Female-dominated fields typically pay less, even when they require a degree and have a shortage of qualified workers. Some examples of female-dominated fields in Texas with shortages of workers are CPS (they got a pay raise after a lawsuit), parole (yes, most parole officers are women), education, and mental health.

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It's disengenuous to only talk about 4-year degrees whenever college is brought up, especially when 2-year colleges are being presented as an option. No one is saying that everyone needs a bachelor's degree. Community colleges and technical schools offer associate's degrees and certificate programs.

I wasn't being disingenuous, I was specifically replying to the article, which stated in the 2nd line: "A three-month average finds that 91% of the net increase in jobs held by those at least 25 years old are filled by those with at least a bachelor’s degree..."

And I was not saying that companies want to train programmers from the ground up, as that would be ridiculous.  But saying that a programmer needs to have learned that in college, when MANY learn them other ways (and lots way before college) would be silly too.  If you know how to program, then the company doesn't need to train you at all, whether you have a college degree or not.

I see. Well, a lot of companies are still hiring programmers without degrees. However, for more advanced computer science jobs, they want to verify that you can do more than just code, which is why computer science programs require physics and high-level mathematics courses.