My mom told me that with a college degree I will be able to buy anything, and get a job anywhere. Is this true

Question

My mom is under the impression that if you are a college graduate, you make the big bucks, and you wont have to work as hard as people without a college degree. SHe also says there are no financial troubles for people with college degrees. Is this all true. Do college grads make alot of money? I know plummers that make alot of money.

Answer 1

Well, hmmm. No that is not necessarily true. College graduates are generally better trained than uneducated people. They may find it easier to get a better job. Hourly workers within industry can also be highly paid. Skilled workers would make from 60K-120K per year depending on the industry and their skill level. A college graduate with a degree in the right field should make 50 k. Professors with a Ph.D. would make about 100K. The real trick is to have a skill or a degree that is needed. You can have a masters degree or a PhD., but if it is in a field that is not needed-then you may not find a job.

But-yes you will be better off with a college degree-but, that degree needs to be in demand. Do not just go to college just to get a degree-it cost too much money and may not pay off.
Find out what the government needs-train for that. If you gotta work for someone- the government is the best boss you can have.

Answer 2

I have both a university degree and a vocational degree....I can honestly tell you I should have gotten the Vocational degree first and forgotten the university degree.

University degrees are great for doctors and even some engineers and those who do the truly white collar jobs...However if you haven't got those inclinations then you will fare much better in the work-a-day world with a good associates degree in a field that is of interest to you, and you will earn good wages as well.

I made more money working in a vocational field than I ever did in a university white collar world.

In defense of universities though..we do need doctors to help with medical needs....but all else needs only a good vocational degree

Answer 3

you have to take a plan of study which fills a need in the workforce. Look at the "help wanted" and "employment" part of the newspaper. There is great need in the medical field for nurses, and RN's do pretty well financially. If you like math, Accounting is a good paying profession. Some people graduate and can't find a job at all. So be sure there are jobs out there for what you study.

Answer 4

Depends on you, what your degree is in, how much you are willing to work at lower wages to gain experience.

Instant gratification does come from being a Doctor, Dentist, Psychatrist, Clinical Psychologists, Lawyer possibly a computer programmer, engineer. Anything else just gets you $3,000 more for a BA and $5,000 more for an MAsters.

And yes, plumbers do make money after 8 or so years learning the trade at much lower wages.

Answer 5

I in fact know what you're going through. I work with street kids. You remind me of a girl from an upper class family. Her and her twin brother ran away at 12 yrs old, and they were drug addicts at 10 yrs old (weed). By 17 she entered the evening program I volunteer at. She was detoxing from heroin at the time. If you run away, you will have a VERY high chance of getting involved in drugs and prostitution. In fact, nearly 100% of the street kids I work with (and I've worked with thousands in Canada, USA, and Brazil) have become drug dependent. More and more upper middle class parents are into their jobs, that they don't think about their kids. There is no doubt you are being neglected. Have you wrote a very heart felt letter to your mum? Have you talked to a guidance counselor (councillor) at school? Have you spoken to a friend's mum? Perhaps, you can live with a close friend or another relative for some time. You need to go back to school. Your mum doesn't need to register you. Right now, you need to walk into a high school....any high school and DEMAND to speak to a guidance counselor. As a last resort, have you thought of a runaway shelter or group home? If that happens, under US and Canadian laws they have to tell your mother where you are. I think above anything, you need to see a family therapist. Your mum needs to start acting like a mother! If all is said and done and fails, then walk out on her for good.

Answer 6

Mothers tell their children all sorts of things to get them to do what they want.

Do college grads make a lot of money? No, only college grads with degree related jobs do. I know many college grads with no jobs or low paying jobs.

Education is never a guarantee for success.

Answer 7

Not entirely, but you should listen to your mom. Your chances of making the 'big bucks' are probably a little better with a college degree, and you can certainly go farther, or you can be like me and get paid above average to do nothing all day because of my degree.

Aim high, kid!

Answer 8

Whether you have it or not, if you never learn to make it work for you in what ever stage of life you are in you will never know what to do with the next level either. People with the money created the debt. The poor man can not create debt like this world has seen, only the ones with the money can do that. Find something that will make you happy and learn to make that make money for you.

Answer 9

Depends. I know some with nothing more than high school that makes great money. And I know degreed people who make great money. I can tell you that a college degree doesn't guarantee you riches.

Answer 10

Your chances of making more money are greater, statistically speaking. Yet Bill Gates manages to feed his family as a Harvard dropout. I am poor as can be with three degrees. Yet I chose to be an artist.

Good luck. Be cool, stay in school.