would it secure a better job than if you didn't go to university?
2007-12-03 01:51:29 · 3 answers · asked by AnonN-MS`619** 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
The average 25 year old with a degree makes $20K per year more than the average 25 year old without a degree. The gap widens with age.
2007-12-03 03:03:04 · answer #1 · answered by Ranto 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
only through serendipity
this is not to say a degree will help, at least two people here with multiple degrees (plus one I know personally) complain that they can't find a job better than they would have found out of high school.
getting employed is up to you.
so is picking a college major that has job and $$$ potential.
liberal arts and theater degrees prepare you for Micky Ds or Target
History and philosophy degrees prepare you to teach high school or kindergarten
a friend of mine has only a BS chemistry degree and he worked as a chemist for half his life and even invented Renew the furniture polish for the company that employed him (he got a $100 raise a month for doing that and they made millions when they sold the company).
What he couldn't do was supervise.
You need a PH D for that
he later got into the cinema field and taught cinema history at starting colleges and UCLA extension and his BS degree helped with that.
Two other friends of mine with BS degrees got immediate jobs as pharmacy techs making $17 an hour.
On the other hand another friend of mine with just a HS diploma and work experience became an engineer at Hughes and worked on Surveyor, although his pay grade was probably Junior Engineer
Another friend of mine did 2 1/2 years at the university and is now a para legal and has worked for 17 years on both benches and make about $50K which is just below entry level lawyer pay
If he finished his law degree and got his bar he'd probably be raised to $75k or even $100k with his experience.
My uncle worked as a mental hospital orderly and after 10 years they had him leading group out patient sessions and told him he'd get more money if he got a degree and they'd pay his schooling so he got his AS nursing degree and got an immediate $4K raise doing exactly the same work.
2007-12-03 10:02:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
More money and better job opportunities regardless of how little is known.
In today's corporate world a fresh grad with a master's degree with no work experience will get a job over one who has 20 years experience and no degree.
That is because Human Resources is filled with people who have no job skills of their own. But write the jobs skills for others with out ever understanding the job.
The results are everyone loses.
2007-12-03 10:42:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋