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Demsrule86

(71,542 posts)
55. Statistically, those without college earn way less.
Sun Sep 26, 2021, 11:55 AM
Sep 2021

"The evidence that a college degree significantly improves one’s employment prospects and earnings potential is overwhelming. Bachelor’s degree holders are half as likely to be unemployed as their peers who only have a high school degree and they make $1 million in additional earnings on average over their lifetime. Also 99% of jobs created after the recession require college.

"Of course, a college education is about more than just securing a job and a steady income. Consider health and safety, prerequisites for leading a fulfilling life. Bachelor’s degree holders are 47 percent more likely to have health insurance provided through their job and their employers contribute 74 percent more to their health coverage. Life expectancy is also longer for those who attend college. Studies suggest that those who have attended at least some college can expect to live seven years longer than their peers with no post-secondary education" .

https://www.aplu.org/projects-and-initiatives/college-costs-tuition-and-financial-aid/publicuvalues/employment-earnings.html



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Is he threatening us with incels or what? Is he saying we're breeding insecure, dumb males ... Hekate Sep 2021 #1
Sounds like that to me. But what's the solution? OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2021 #4
Some people seem to think that anyone without a college Haggard Celine Sep 2021 #10
Statistically, those without college earn way less. Demsrule86 Sep 2021 #55
What he is saying H2O Man Sep 2021 #17
Yes. Society's producing greater numbers of disappointed, angry men, Hortensis Sep 2021 #47
Right. H2O Man Sep 2021 #53
Absolutely. Most men and women consider contribution to income Hortensis Sep 2021 #54
Most of the trade skills a male needed to survive used to taught in Jr. and Sr. high schools. joetheman Sep 2021 #44
+1000 smirkymonkey Sep 2021 #45
+1 treestar Sep 2021 #56
Dubious assertion ymetca Sep 2021 #2
I think you are correct.....now. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2021 #6
thank you Skittles Sep 2021 #8
I often wonder about rich, college-educated assholes Piasladic Sep 2021 #13
Yes! It's an old playbook. oioioi Sep 2021 #18
Trump even looks like il duce Skittles Sep 2021 #30
Mussolini wasn't as fat as Trump. LudwigPastorius Sep 2021 #32
and Mussolini did not claim to have bone spurs Skittles Sep 2021 #41
You mean Il Douche. East-A-Squared Sep 2021 #39
I think that pic is of George C. Scott Sur Zobra Sep 2021 #42
updated....he still looks like him Skittles Sep 2021 #43
I can't stand the sight of that hideous face. smirkymonkey Sep 2021 #46
Indeed North Shore Chicago Sep 2021 #52
This guy is an adjunct in the business school greenjar_01 Sep 2021 #16
Boo Hoo Piasladic Sep 2021 #3
I know plumbers who make more money then college graduates jimfields33 Sep 2021 #20
completely agree Piasladic Sep 2021 #21
Absolutely. jimfields33 Sep 2021 #24
I doubt even 25% of the graduates I know are using their degrees.... cadoman Sep 2021 #25
industry demand Piasladic Sep 2021 #29
Haha! SWMO_8541 Sep 2021 #50
Glad you got my joke Piasladic Sep 2021 #57
Macho male ego knows everything already so this is not surprising bucolic_frolic Sep 2021 #5
"mating crisis" ? KentuckyWoman Sep 2021 #7
I think college educated women will be just fine finding mates. Baked Potato Sep 2021 #9
Women will have to learn be okay with a mate of lower socioeconomic status Ex Lurker Sep 2021 #22
Points taken. Nt Baked Potato Sep 2021 #34
Will Her Mate RobinA Sep 2021 #38
Well there are a LOT of insecure men who can't stand the idea of their wife making more money Withywindle Sep 2021 #40
Create more training in the trades. Electricians, HVAC, plumbers, etc. all make a good living. diane in sf Sep 2021 #11
Australian yobbos in anti-vax riot oioioi Sep 2021 #12
Oh FFS greenjar_01 Sep 2021 #14
There are many good reasons one may not go to college JI7 Sep 2021 #15
MGTOW - men going their own way - irony keithbvadu2 Sep 2021 #19
A Republican petulance parade Champp Sep 2021 #49
Hilarious madville Sep 2021 #23
Probably paying off the student loans of their college educated spouses MichMan Sep 2021 #26
The Doctor of Philosphy driving a cab. keithbvadu2 Sep 2021 #28
LOL ymetca Sep 2021 #31
Jethro Bodine has a minor in phi in real life keithbvadu2 Sep 2021 #35
Ah --thanks! ymetca Sep 2021 #36
Many hiring folks are impressed with the subject matter of the degree but more impressed that the pe keithbvadu2 Sep 2021 #37
He wasted his 15 minutes of fame. Steelrolled Sep 2021 #27
He says "mating" a lot. I think he watches too many wildlife documentaries. betsuni Sep 2021 #33
I cwrtainly never judged men by their education level. leftyladyfrommo Sep 2021 #48
Many women don't want men without a degree NickB79 Sep 2021 #51
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