🚨 The college degree promise is starting to crack 🎓
For years, everyone believed one thing: go to college, get a degree, and your future is secure. But that reality is changing fast.
Right now, the underemployment rate for recent graduates in the U.S. has climbed to 42.5% — the highest level since the pandemic peak. In simple words, almost half of new graduates are working in jobs that don’t even require a degree. 😕
And it doesn’t end there…
Around 52% of graduates are underemployed in their very first job after college. Even more shocking, about 45% are still stuck in non-degree jobs even 10 years later. That’s a whole decade of struggling to match education with career.
Some degrees are facing even tougher situations: ⚖️ Criminal justice majors have the highest underemployment
🎭 Performing arts follows closely
🩺 Medical technicians, 📚 liberal arts, and 🌍 anthropology are also heavily affected
At the same time, tuition fees are higher than ever 💸
Students are paying more, taking loans, and graduating into a job market that can’t absorb them the way it used to.
So now people are asking a serious question 🤔
Is a college degree still the safe path everyone thought it was… or is it time to rethink the system completely?
Drop your opinion 👇
Do you still believe college is worth it in today’s world?
