only 26% of pop. has a 4 year degree!

[M.D. Holloway]

Thanks - I would like to take credit but my bud Mark wrote it.

[azasadny]

Just a tidbit... When I was active duty in the USN, my friend and I were the only two sailors (Hospital Corpsmen) going to college to complete our 4 year degrees on the weekends out of a 1250 person Battalion. Everyone had a similar opportunity and we paid 20% of the cost and the taxpayers paid the rest, but most did not take advantage of the opportunity.

[snowman]

Originally posted by charleskieffner
with 1300 some odd views..........quite a topic. well is it worth nowadays to get a masters or doctorate? i'm taking 6 months off and want to get my masters at my advanced age. why? because i do enjoy school, the people, and what i learn. but should you get a masters in what you enjoy or follow your 4 year focus?

i am the poster child for " should have finished my degree instead of dropping out" 20 some odd years ago. going back is a GIANT EXPENSIVE PITA! no 2 ways about it. but i figure since i have a head of steam built up, may as well get a masters. i dont have mommy daddy paying for it either. nor is work paying for it. it all comes out of the p-car spending fund.

since i graduated cum laude and the honors society does offer schlorships i was going to look into that angle for funding. but either way, there is a fine line btwn being over educated and under educated.

book smart doesnt mean your smart. and hands on doesnt mean your smart!

If you have been working for a long time, an advanced degree is worth less and less as time goes on. Get your degree early, ie less than 30 for any and all of them, otherwise you will take a hit, possibly a very big hit vs the people who got them early. Sorry that’s just the way it works.

Lubmaster,

Any student that is a graduate of any good accredited college will be well rounded and has all the liberal arts stuff necessary to be "well rounded". However only graduates of a professional nature, e.g. engineering, law, management, will have skills necessary to contribute to society. Consequently they also pay much better than the liberal arts degrees. Value to society is directly proportional to pay, that simple.

A lot of us cannot put a proper sentence together but we can design a proper car or building or manage a bunch of people and make money. What is more important? Money equates value, the real bottom line to society.