According to a website only 27% of US Citizens have BA or higher

[Polish3d]

To me that is rather surprising. Roughly 75% of the country doesn't have a college (BA+) degree? That number is for those 25 and older as well.

 

[Jadow]

im not suprised.

 

[polarmystery]

Because most people are lazy, fat, or both. I have a BS in EE, so I'm not with the norm.

And what website?

 

[Acanthus]

It is less than 6% where I am (southern ohio).

 

[zerocool1]

OP can you give a link to the study? Is it identifying all citizens or citizens above a certain age?

 

[CRXican]

probably an age limit

 

[Polish3d]

Roughly in the middle of the series of studies collected by this website


"An all-time high 85 percent of U.S. adults age 25 and over had completed at least high school in 2003, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Also in 2003, 27 percent of adults age 25 and over had a college degree, another record."

 

[Engineer]

Originally posted by: polarmystery
Because most people are lazy, fat, or both. I have a BS in EE, so I'm not with the norm.

And what website?

:thumbsup: BSEE!

 

[boomhower]

I thought that number sounded a little high. With most college only getting really popular in the last 20 years I thought it would be lower. Look at one of the largest population groups, the boomers. Most of them lived in an era where you started at the bottom of a company and worked your way up sans degree and company hopping.

 

[PepePeru]

http://www.census.gov/populati...education/cps2008.html

i don't think that's a surprising number.

however, i knew it was around there before this thread.

i think the population w/ at least a bachelor's in seattle is over 50%, which is really high.

it might be the highest in the country.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Originally posted by: polarmystery
Because most people are lazy, fat, or both. I have a BS in EE, so I'm not with the norm.

And what website?

Whatever, I'm fat and lazy and I have a BA in something-or-other.

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: Polish3d
Roughly in the middle of the series of studies collected by this website


"An all-time high 85 percent of U.S. adults age 25 and over had completed at least high school in 2003, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Also in 2003, 27 percent of adults age 25 and over had a college degree, another record."

So according to those statistics, more then 85% of the jobs out there do not require a degree....which i do not have a hard time believing.....it took me so dam long to find a job when i graduated with a BSEE.

 

[rbV5]

Originally posted by: polarmystery
Because most people are lazy, fat, or both. I have a BS in EE, so I'm not with the norm.

And what website?

Fat and Lazy? I thought it was the other way around I was a Hod carrier and then served a Bricklayer apprentiship working my ass-off in the shipyards while my peers were getting their BA's.

Today, much like my peers with BA's, I work completely outside my area of study and make a comfortable living. I shudder to think how alot of today's grads will ever repay their student loans.

 

[Exterous]

Originally posted by: Polish3d
To me that is rather surprising.

Me too - although if the cost of college education continues to rise that % will get higher. I guess thats good news for those of us with degrees

 

[FoBoT]

who needs a person with a degree when it is so much cheaper to offshore the skilled jobs

 

[SphinxnihpS]

Including easy schools, online schools, cheaters, and women who fucked their way through college?

 

[OCGuy]

Originally posted by: polarmystery
Because most people are lazy, fat, or both. I have a BS in EE, so I'm not with the norm.

And what website?

I dont have a college degree and make more than most who do and have no student debt. Yes, this isnt the norm, but no degree doesnt always mean being a cook on a roach coach.

 

[herkulease]

Break the stats down by race its pretty. Maybe the country as a whole should try to do what asian parents do to their kids.

Whites - ~29%
Blacks - ~19%
Hispanics - ~13%
Asians - ~52%

 

[Svnla]

I agree. Also, less than 10% of US population have Master degree or higher (post graduated degree)- from US Bureau Census IIRC.

 

[ElFenix]

what's the stat by age?

 

[Svnla]

Originally posted by: herkulease
Break the stats down by race its pretty. Maybe the country as a whole should try to do what asian parents do to their kids.

Whites - ~29%
Blacks - ~19%
Hispanics - ~13%
Asians - ~52%

Yup, this is how it went at a typical Asian household after nine week report went out.........."What? Yu diz not bring hume alll AAAA pluuuusss? No nuddles for u tonize!! go stusdi naoooo!!!"

On the serious side, our parents taught us well the value of education. Heck even the teachers. I remember like yesterday, when one of my college professors, who is Chinese, asked me that why I didn't make A in a test while another Asian student did...talk about pressure.

 

[Viper GTS]

This is not a bad thing, the academic arms race is unhealthy on many levels.

Viper GTS

 

[Locut0s]

Originally posted by: boomhower
I thought that number sounded a little high. With most college only getting really popular in the last 20 years I thought it would be lower. Look at one of the largest population groups, the boomers. Most of them lived in an era where you started at the bottom of a company and worked your way up sans degree and company hopping.

In fact getting a degree was often frowned upon by families as potentially being a dead end. Why would you want to waste your time getting a degree when you could be climbing the corperate ladder now.

 

[Blackjack200]

Originally posted by: OCguy

Originally posted by: polarmystery
Because most people are lazy, fat, or both. I have a BS in EE, so I'm not with the norm.

And what website?

I dont have a college degree and make more than most who do and have no student debt. Yes, this isnt the norm, but no degree doesnt always mean being a cook on a roach coach.

I remember hearing some statistic about each additional level of education equating to an additional $1 million earned over your lifetime on average.

So, for example, if you have a H.S. diploma, you can expect to earn $X, but if you have a 2 year degree, you can expect to earn X + $1,000,000, if you have a 4 year degree, X + $2,000,0000. etc.

I have no idea if this is even remotely true, but I have to at least think it would break down when you get to PhDs.

 

[Gunslinger08]

Most older folks lived in an era when just about nobody went to college. Neither of my parents did. None of their siblings got beyond an associates degree. My brothers and I all got 4 year degrees.

I would say nowadays, a majority of people still probably don't get a degree. Your high school class may send 70-80% to college, but half of them are going to quit before graduation. College isn't for everybody and isn't required to make a good living.