University or not ? Uk Only?

Question

How many of you out there went to University and earn less than your friends or colleagues who didn't go to uni?

Obviously if you are a Doctor, Lawyer, Teacher etc then this doesn't apply.

My friend and I were discussing this earlier - one couple went to Uni and have a combined income of £28,000 per year and the other couple who didn't go to Uni have a combined income of £70,000 which ones do you think went to Uni ?

You're right Lula - I never went to University, I never wanted to, but I'm not the one who earns the least amount of money - I just wanted to see what everyone thought that's all. I'm not sure what to tell my kids in the future - me and their dad haven't done so bad from not going and I would be a bit hypocritical if I made them go and told them it would get them a good job etc etc, when we have done very well without a University education.

Answer 1

University degrees these days are ten a penny and are not what they used to be.

I earn £30K per year and though not a vast amount my family and I live comfortably in a not very expensive part of the UK. I attended University for 2 years but then did a year out and after that dropped out not completing my degree. I found that the experience I gained from the year out and the consequent job for 4 years was worth a damn site more than the paper qualification.

Frankly some of the people I went to University with stayed on and had trouble getting jobs due to lack of experience. Now I work in a call centre where half the staff are ex students who on paper are better qualified than I am yet they earn little more than basic wage an yet I am on the management team.

If my son grows up and doesn't want to go to Uni then that is fine by me, going to University does not mean you are more intelligent by any means. At most it shows some degree of dedication. Frankly if my son wants to be a plumber or a joiner rather than a rocket scientist or an IT expert good luck to him. They are never short of work (have you tried to get a plumber on short notice) and I would know where to go for a homer.

Answer 2

It all depends on whether you see the sole point of higher education being to obtain a higher than average salary. Once upon a time the proportion of graduates in society meant it was easier for them to be an elite in terms of both the kudos of it and the earnings potential. Nowadays getting a degree is something most people can choose to have the opportunity to do *if* they apply themselves. Therefore graduates are commonplace - essentially 'everybody's somebody but nobody's anybody'!

Having said that, regardless of earning power, obviously the whole experience of studying for and completing any university course has a mass of personal benefits; as a person you get more from the process and experience of higher education than simply a grade of degree at the end and then the chance of a job paying more money than those who didn't go. Most sensible people recognise that.

Answer 3

i'm sorry; your plan shouldn't paintings. First, the U. S. and uk regulation systems are diverse. in case you get your regulation degree interior the united kingdom, you would be unemployable interior the U. S.. And the sphere of regulation is glutted in the two the U. S. and uk, so which you will no longer get a paintings visa to allow you to paintings interior the united kingdom. as a effect you will have wasted some time and funds. 2nd, you will pay worldwide pupil costs in case you flow to a uk uni, and which could be $20k or bigger, plus lodging, meals, holiday expenditures, etc. Your US financial help won't stick to you distant places, and uk unis furnish little-to-no help to distant places scholars, so which you will would desire to have that money up front, each and each 3 hundred and sixty 5 days. That mentioned, all uk unis settle for distant places scholars, which contains those from the U. S.. you opt for the comparable to uk A tiers, which for you would be the two AP tests or SAT II subject tests. For faculties on the Oxbridge/St. Andrews point, you will choose a minimum of three AP tests, scored 5, 5, 5 (or the equivalent SAT II subject tests) - and that i'd desire you have 5 AP tests, which will desire to contain the two English and math. sturdy uk unis contain U Glasgow, U Edinburgh, U Manchester, college college London, King's college London, U Leicester... There are quite some.

Answer 4

Alot of you who have answered are in the U.K. I am in the U.S. Alot of university education is required for nursing or teaching (5- 17-year-olds). These are low-paid jobs here. The personal reward is considered to be so great that highly educated people take them. Then, when they are put upon, these people do not quit in disgust, but join unions. Then, they are paid a bit more. Magazine/newspaper writing/reporting is considered personally rewarding. If you want money, go to uni and major in a well-paid field. If you go to uni and feel, like Bill Gates, that you already know how to make beaucoup money, drop out and do it. Or you can follow your first love of medieval history, and go for that.

Answer 5

I don't want to see the majority of people going to university, I don't think there is a need for it, and the majority of people are just not up to it. But, from an individuals point of view, you will have better earning prospects by attending further education, usually.

Answer 6

Me & my hubby both went to Uni. It was a laugh & now he has a great job 70k pa. Having said that, when you are 18 it's really difficult to know what you want to do when you grow up (I still don't). If you are lucky enough to be passionate about something then whether you need to go to university to persue that career or not, you are likely to do well in it.

Answer 7

Dunno.
I earn as much as others in my office, and they didnt go to Uni.
I earn the same hourly rate as my son who is 24 and got expelled from school.
I could change from the voluntary sector and earn a heck of a lot more, but until Im dead broke, I wont do that cos of my damned principals!
If i got a job in the field I actually trained in then Id be quids in.

Answer 8

I went to uni. It was teriffic... go, go, go. If you study to be a teacher or doctor then it does count. I'd do it again just for the experience.

And yes I earn more than my friends who didn't go. It depend on what you do. Do a mickey mouse subject get a mickey mouse job. Choose something that leads into a vocation.

Go, go, go...

Answer 9

unless u have a great business sense and have plans for your own business.... go to uni... its fun that the couple that never went will never have!

Answer 10

Well you've already told us which ones went to uni and which didn't... I'm guessing you never went huh? ;)

Call me crazy but I thought university was about education, not paypackets...