associates degrees are useless, yes?

Question

they're about as useful as a condom with a hole in it.

please elaborate and discuss weather im right or wrong.

Answer 1

You are wrong. There are many good jobs where an associate degree is a minimum requirement.
For some who are paying for their own college while working, it is a good way to get enough of an education to improve their job status and possibly continue their education as they see fit.

Answer 2

Useful Associates Degrees

Answer 3

Agreed. Earning my associates degree was the biggest waste of time in my life. I don't have loaded relatives to pay for college and my expenses while I'm there, so an Associates was the best the Pale grant could do for me. Every time I look up jobs within 200 miles, an "Entry Level" position requires a minimum of a Bachelors, 2-3 certs (which I would get if I could afford even a pair of shoes without duct-tape holding them together) and usually about 6 to 8 years of experience in various technologies. I've responded to a couple hundred positions now. Do I even get so much as a system generated "sorry, not good enough" email? No. I'm still working for minimum wage and surviving on food-stamp bologna. I eventually threw the degree in the garbage in disgust, but I did keep the frame-at least its actually useful for something.

It's ironic; growing up all the adults tell you that college is the big key; the thing that can help you find a good job. Not in this pathetic country. You either have nothing and will always have nothing, or you were born with everything and you're blind to troubles of society's dirty little peons.

Answer 4

Associates degrees are very useful depending on the job you are looking for. Registered nurses can work with an associates degrees and in most states make more than teachers, accountants, and even some lawyers. There are also associates degree for legal assistants, dental assistants, a lot of computer programs, accounting and a variety of other fields. It's a good tool to start out and make a career for yourself and eventually finish. If however you are a registered nurse nowadays in a lot of states, the starting salary is over 50K a year which sometimes isn't motivation to finish a bachelors degree.

Answer 5

Actually I thought the same thing until I decided to take a break from college (between receiving my associates and finishing my bachelor). The credit union I work at has quite a few positions where an associates degree or higher is a requirement.

If anything a person who has an associates will most likely get a job when compared to a person who doesn't.

Answer 6

You are wrong--very wrong.

If you are just looking at a two-year degree program, then look for a technical degree offered by a community college. Your learning will be focused on skills needed to find a job.

If you are looking to continue--all four-year degree programs require that successfully complete general education courses. You can take those at a community college at a much lower tuition cost. The classes are usually smaller and the professors are focused on student success. After two years--you will have a diploma and can transfer to a four-year degree program. You will have a solid foundation, and statistically, will do better than those who never attended a community college and jumped right into a four-year degree program from high school. Your four-year degree will look just as good framed and hanging on the wall.

Answer 7

It's mostly a transfer to a B.A. program type of degree. If you can get it specified in something it is more useful even if it is still a liberal arts degree. There was an article in the Times several months ago that discussed how more employers are looking for bachelors degrees from liberal arts schools. It makes you more rounded, and shows an employer that they can train you to do things their way.

Answer 8

Associates degrees are better than a high school diploma, and are what you make them. If you have really tight finances, an Associates degree shows that you are trying, and you may be able to land a position that will pay for you to get your Bachelors, and further education.

If you can get a Bachelors right away, you will be ahead.

Answer 9

Associates degrees are useless if you are absolutely positive you are going to attend a four year college to get a BA degree, MA degree, PhD, or Doctorate. If you don't plan on transferring from a two year college to a four year college, and you just plan on working right after two year college, then a Associates degree looks better then a high school diploma if you plan on working.

Answer 10

I do not believe that any higher education where you had to apply and pay for it or in some other way is useless. I do believe that the value of education is going up and that many people and various studies do suggest that it is wise to pursue as high of an education as possible.

I am an educator and because of this I highly value education in ALL MANNERS. Even outside of college or other institutions, you can receive an education. Making yourself wiser to the ways of the world or pursuing information on topics in which you are interested is a way of bettering yourself. We should all better ourselves...and it is demeaning to put down any sort of education :)