Undergraduate enrollment continues to decline at U.S. colleges and universities

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Most high school seniors have decided where they will pursue the next four years of their education, but some colleges and universities are struggling to fill spaces for new students. Doug Shapiro, executive director of the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, joins CBSN to break down the 4.5% decline in undergraduate enrollment compared with last spring.
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@arain764niara 3 года назад

Jobs don't pay enough, cost of living is high, student debt is high. Why put ourselves through that?

@elijahreilly9247 3 года назад

Exactly

@MrWatchmen759 3 года назад

@@griselgriselda2901 wait until Biden passes his legislation plan on free community college

@CosmoMakeupgurl 3 года назад

@@griselgriselda2901 Not if you want to work in a hospital. They want the BSN.

@yuh2634 3 года назад

@@MrWatchmen759 god if only he gave everyone free college

@MrWatchmen759 3 года назад

@@yuh2634 that would be nice

@nmorawa 3 года назад

I love how they are like, "I don't know why our rates are dropping." You don't always find a job after college, and people are not motivated.

@icanrelate 3 года назад

Exactly

@ThingsILikke 3 года назад

Maybe their parents cannot afford to send them also. My cousin was going to go out of state but he changed his mind and stayed local. Very good decision he won’t be in debt and he will have more money cuz the state school tuition is under $10,000 a year and he doesn’t need to pay for dorms just books and parking pass.

@joyijomoh7065 3 года назад

Exactly!

@musblox 3 года назад

You get a job if you choose a valuable degree and get good grades... if you choose art history well yeah maybe you won’t get a job

@ThingsILikke 3 года назад

@@musblox that is a misconception - you won’t get a job because the market is terrible and employers take advantage. I worked with enough college graduates with accounting and engineering degrees when in the restaurant industry to see that “you have the wrong degree” is just a lie people tell because they don’t want to be bothered to fix the problem. Kind of like telling a girl “you let that man beat you up” as if she has any defense.

@lindsey9728 3 года назад

The debt of college and the previous years of hearing about people's lives being ruined by student debt has finally caught up to the colleges. The government should have addressed the problem years ago and now people won't take the risk.

@killmewhileimahead 3 года назад

Yea, this is so true. I feel criminal trying to convince my niece and nephew to take out loans but they’re not in privileged situations. I took the 2 year transfer route and got the full benefit of the pell grant so my debt is smaller compared to others but these expensive colleges are being peddled to them. 🤷‍♀️

@lindsey9728 3 года назад

@Roy Hundred I said "address the problem," not, "pay everything off." You are what's wrong with this country and you should keep your mouth shut if you think every problem has only 1 solution.

@lindsey9728 3 года назад

@Roy Hundred just because you're embarrassed by your uninformed opinion is no reason to act all tough. In real life, I'd ignore you, unless you said what you said directly to me, then I'd dress you down the same way. What you said was an attempt to argue with someone who didn't say a word to you, rude online, rude in real life. Truth is, you wouldn't have said that to me in real life because people who know what they're talking about push back and that keeps you a quiet little church mouse in real life. Your opinions are too uninformed to share with those whose respect you crave, so you come on here and insert yourself into conversations with the little soundbites you collected over years of consuming talk radio nonsense. I want to be clear, I don't dislike or hate you, but you were being rude and doubled down. If anything I'm saying hurt your feelings let me know, we can both apologize and move on, but if you're just a troll, you can keep escalating.

@TestTest-ei4gi 3 года назад

@@killmewhileimahead you should tell your nephew to consider a career in trade. It’s rewarding, especially financially.

@icecactus11 3 года назад

They created the problem

@mariovicks9159 3 года назад

The illusion is over! Lol they tired of being extorted just to learn.

@greenearthblueskies8556 3 года назад

This comment is underrated

@vsings1091 3 года назад

Yup! Capitalists finally tried to feed at this trough one too many times.

@MB-nb7yq 3 года назад

Exactly. Salt Britain hasn’t learned a lesson. I think 2020 had the biggest increase of university enrolment. And wealth gap is growing in London every year.

@oneforall8161 3 года назад

Swear!!!

@oneforall8161 3 года назад

@@greenearthblueskies8556 Super underrated lol

@lanyserogers 3 года назад

It doesn’t really help either when the universities refuse to provide more financial aid options for low income students as well as hiking up tuition prices to oblivion

@r82033 3 года назад

Yeah. Also, the fact that schools go off of your parent's income like everyone's parents are willing or able to contribute

@simplysabrina5294 3 года назад

Literally

@rosezavala6774 3 года назад

Seriously, I feel that attending university as a low income person is so accesible. There is so much help out there, I can’t believe you’re saying that opposite. Universities are specifically targeting people from low socioeconomic backgrounds.

@lanyserogers 3 года назад

@@rosezavala6774 As a low-income student myself(as well as a dependent to a single parent), I’ve felt that it’s been pretty hard to find resources for schools that are out of the state I live In. I personally agree to the extent that there are more resources for low income students who are going to a school in state versus out of state. Since I live in Maryland, I’ve been getting a lot of scholarships and grants within the state, but I can never use them out of the state because they’re Maryland-specific. Also, what I’m getting at is that colleges have more than enough money to supply extra support for those who are having a difficult time paying for expenses regardless of if they’re from the state or not. Plus, not everyone wants to go to college so the money should be more accessible. I hope this clarifies my statement 😊❤️

@rosezavala6774 3 года назад

@@lanyserogers That did clarify, thank you. Honestly it does work like that, the help is there, but generally only applies to only in state or situations. I’m assuming this has to do with taxes you pay to the state etc. Thank you for taking the time to write a thoughtful reply. I’m just a big believer that attending university benefits people and society as a whole(perhaps this stems from ideals from immigrant parents), and I feel like money shouldn’t play a barrier in a persons formal education. I just get upset when I see these statistics going down, because I struggle with understand that university isn’t for everyone (I’m working on it though!)

@leahgary1107 3 года назад

Between how difficult and complicated financial aid is, the pandemic, and how difficult and complicated enrollment can be...it's almost not worth the effort. Colleges literally have you jumping through hoops trying to get every thing you need just to start a new semester and the books cost a fortune on top of the cost of tuition.

@AmazingSurvivalKH 3 года назад

hello👌

@jonasabry9099 3 года назад

And proof of vaccination for many universities now.

@leahgary1107 3 года назад

@@jonasabry9099 I guess I can understand why on that but if they're going to want so much...they should at least simplify it.

@gail-sw9xg 3 года назад

There is no point in having a degree when the best you can hope for is a job driving a taxi or flipping burgers.

@kleparaskevas2628 3 года назад

How come Europe offers tuition free universities?

@juliahanlon9680 3 года назад

I understand we’re in a pandemic; I really don’t mean to be selfish or anything like that. But tbh online school really isn’t for anyone. I’d say if worse comes to worse, school can wait. The fact that tuition is the same price or even increasing doesn’t help either Edit: thanks for the likes, I never had a comment get this much attention 😆

@killmewhileimahead 3 года назад

Yes exactly, I transferred to university after being at a two year school. I was there for a few months only then we switched to zoom. I paid for studio fees, material fees, campus services every semester since then. I can’t tell you how much zoom class and doing everything at home sucks.

@aena5995 3 года назад

@@killmewhileimahead ugh i have yet to figure out wtf to do with myself my parents r plannin to move to a country and want me to give the SAT to apply to turkey i just dont feel like i m mentslly ready for this anymore like already feel depressed ugh 😭

@laughoutmeow 3 года назад

It saves me time. From commuting to watching recorded lectures it’s awrsome

@killmewhileimahead 3 года назад

@@aena5995 damn that sounds complicated, can you take a semester off?

@killmewhileimahead 3 года назад

@@laughoutmeow yeah some students told me that, they get more done without having to drive and everything. I can see that

@choo1030 3 года назад

I believe fear is the biggest reason for so many young people choosing college. The fear of being left behind their peers, the pressure from their parents, no clear life goal. People just go to college because everyone else is going.

@choo1030 3 года назад

@Tom Johanson ever heard of trade schools? Or coding bootcamp?

@ThingsILikke 3 года назад

Before the 2008 recession college was really heavily campaigned for by Hollywood. You had movies like Van Wilder, American Pie, The Girl Next Door- all these raunchy and funny movies using sex to sell very high-ticket colleges and make like it was a right of passage. All characters based in wealthy neighborhoods but presented as if that was the average American. Times were really different back then. I didn’t go to college (except for a few local classes I was interested in) and I’ve never once regretted it. The career I wanted (which I have now) didn’t require one but my parents really pressured me to go. I said no but if I were from a smaller family I doubt I would have gotten away with it.

@aldomeow 3 года назад

And you get left behind anyways 😂

@mike-te7qd 3 года назад

This is so true and the fact that people think getting a 4 year degree in anything will make them better off. Getting a marketable skill whether in a college, technical college, or by teaching yourself is key.

@microwavedbread3021 3 года назад

THIS RIGHT HERE. The number of people I have heard that have literally said, "I honestly just don't want to be left behind". It's ridiculous.

@omar9268 3 года назад

I can confidently say, gen z isn’t going the typical university route, there’s just other options we can take & have learned from millennials college debt

@aena5995 3 года назад

Wht do u do instead? My parents r already forcing uni on me i feel so mentally unready 😑😑

@blink182lives100 3 года назад

I think its more of kids taking a year off because they don't want to do online learning rather than kids deciding to not do college

@omar9268 3 года назад

@@blink182lives100 I said what I said because I’m actually gen z & see how the people around me are afraid of taking in any sort of debt , i would say our generation is very entrepreneurial unlike the millennials , it’s not just covid

@BlastinRope 3 года назад

@@aena5995 instead of going to college they protest that minimum wage is too low.

@BlastinRope 3 года назад

@@omar9268 i think you have marketing on tiktok confused with being an "entrepeneur", which we had plenty of when I was a teenager - it meant someone who wanted to make lots of money but had no idea how to do it.

@littlechepe96 3 года назад

If you want school go to community college and work a part time saving money. Once you transfer to University you have money saved. I did that and have no debt and will graduate soon. Best choice I have ever made

@agorapanologia 3 года назад

You must have had some very affordable universities in your area. I tried to the do the same, but all of the universities in my state were still too expensive, even with my savings. And forget out of state. I ended up having to take out loans to make the difference.

@andieb3632 3 года назад

I wish they push this more in high school. In my town, Com. College is free to anyone student who graduated from this city. Why wouldn't you go?!!!!

@craigcarter400 3 года назад

In my city “free” has become about $400+books a quarter which is still a bargain for my teen daughters in HS.

@Gothiqueluv 3 года назад

Gee that sounds great! So how are you supposed to do that if you have kids?

@andieb3632 3 года назад

@@Gothiqueluv Sorry. Gotta choose a career path that will work with moms

@hisokamorow8388 3 года назад

If you’re not planning to major in medicine, accounting, law or some type of engineering then don’t bother.

@AmazingStoryDewd 3 года назад

A way around that is if you go to a cheaper college you can pay off fairly quickly (under 2 years). Like a community college.

@musblox 3 года назад

Actually law is one of the worst majors you could pick now, no jobs for those guys

@KiamKweli 3 года назад

@@musblox Indeed apps like Legal Zoom are decimating the industry.

@TheGuniverse2k 3 года назад

Very true

@lexismith8206 3 года назад

That's not true. Engineering and STEM majors are very profitable.

@haloelite205 3 года назад

I see this as a positive. College degrees will no longer be as saturated.

@diverman1023 3 года назад

It depends on the field. I studied applied maths and employers were literally fighting over us out of graduate school, simply not enough qualified people in some fields

@CatholicTraditional 3 года назад

@One Man To be honest, most jobs should only require a HS diploma. This was the case until employers thought (wrongfully) that having a college degree automatically meant you could do anything. Maybe 40 yrs. ago, but not today. If you need a bachelor’s to shovel sh*t, then something is wrong here....

@lizardkid2234 3 года назад

My 4 older cousins are now in their 30s and still live with their parents. They all have degrees.

@susanlawrence2938 3 года назад

Probably has to do with the city they live in

@brookedavidoff9879 3 года назад

That and the cost of living is so unaffordable I'm in So Cal rent is crazy.

@connorthompson66 3 года назад

@@susanlawrence2938 Probably has to do with the fact that they are in crippling debt?

@Frankieefootballmundial 3 года назад

@@brookedavidoff9879 even in nyc

@rosezavala6774 3 года назад

I fond the opposite case to be true in my family. My older cousin is already being offered jobs a a junior in college(she is majoring in psychology) and she has a job lined up for when she finishes as a result of her hard work. It’s all a matter of how motivated a person is... if they don’t want to work, they won’t regardless of they have a degree or not.

@AzureRook 3 года назад

My state college is more interested in making money than providing an education, the quality of education for its price tag is almost a scam!

@djsaidez271 3 года назад

California? :)

@AzureRook 3 года назад

@@djsaidez271 yep, and the sad part was I needed to take make-up classes at city college and that's where I saw the difference lol

@greenearthblueskies8556 3 года назад

Mine closed down....Dayuuuuuuum

@user-lu6yg3vk9z 3 года назад

@@AzureRook RU-vid Peter Schiff college

@jasonlee6227 3 года назад

Sounds normal. Many of these colleges/universities are simply operating for mere profit. They just want your tuition money, could care less what happens to you after you leave school.

@tarzz25qwe 3 года назад

In my opinion colleges aren't giving students the value for the cost of the education, they know after graduation they will graduated with tons of debt and aren't guaranteed a higher paying job after they finish.

@bruh-fw7op 3 года назад

People don’t realize that colleges don’t exist to teach students, they exist to support their for-profit business IN education.

@icanrelate 3 года назад

Exactly

@ThingsILikke 3 года назад

@@johnjones-yt8rt I heard that colleges were “indoctrination camps” since I was little and I thought it was an exaggeration- but all my buddies from school that went to private universities are all socialists now. And I was homeschooled, all my friends from Baptist/Protestant families. It’s really crazy nothing about socialism lines up with Christianity but I guess they didn’t care about God like they were raised to if they were so easily influenced.

@katielue4989 3 года назад

@@ThingsILikke I homeschool and teach my kids that they can be entrepreneurs and that they should invest in business over college. There's so many ways to make passive income without even needing a job. I had my own taxi business for 4 years and then moved on to selling on eBay. I eventually want to invest in real estate, flip houses, sell them and also have some Airbnb's in nice vacation areas that I can rent out regularly. I've also been considering starting an online drop shipping business and eventually a print on demand business as well. I hated school and working for people so I find ways around it lol. Unless going for a profession that absolutely requires a degree, like a doctor or lawyer, college really is a waste of time. People can invest in way better things and not be at the whim of others. This is probably why enrollment is down and not as many people want to go to college anymore.

@Blitznstitch2 3 года назад

It's not worth going into debt for a degree anymore. Going to college is worth it if... You have a defined path to your profession of choice. Like if you want to be a vet - that's defined. But if you don't know, don't go.

@daney2154 3 года назад

True

@mister_betechkin 3 года назад

That's what I'm gonna tell my kids - don't bother with college if you don't know what you want to do with it

@domdubz7037 3 года назад

There’s more to the world of academia then a monetary reward at the end.

@Alex-sf5xy 3 года назад

You join the military to become a vet. rolls eyes

@Gothiqueluv 3 года назад

@@mister_betechkin Most freshman have no idea what they want to do. That's what the first two years of college are for. They can figure it out then pick a major. Some degree is better than no degree depending on the situation.

@msj9097 3 года назад

Another reason college enrollments have declined because Gen Z is a smaller generation that Millennials. This trend will continue to grow and will fall off a cliff in the next few years because starting in 2007 or 2008 is when our extremely low birthrate started.

@nicoleonlysometimes824 3 года назад

@Ahad Umer the gen z generation time period is already over so it can’t get any bigger

@kolyxix 3 года назад

@Ahad Umer not enough to offset the declining Birthrate

@starscream6629 2 года назад

That’s why they are allowing Illegal migrants to flood the southern border. They won’t stick around if there aren’t gov benefits or jobs in the future though. Most funnel money out of country to family back home, but the ones that have families here are solving the birth rate issue. Temporary solution I guess.

@liveandletlive807 3 года назад

"How could this happen?" Inflated tuition. Insane housing costs at both private and state schools. High interest student loans. No guarantee of a job after college. Listen, I know online college hasn't been good for everyone. If you've struggled, I'm truly sorry and I hope things improve for you soon. However, I am a current community college student and online college has gone surprisingly well for me. When I transfer this fall, I will be attending my online state university instead of a brick-and-mortar school. Why? I don't love online school, but I can afford it. I'd rather not fund a college football team and luxury dorms when I don't have to. If decent jobs didn't require a bachelor's degree college would be a massive waste of time and money. If more of us rise up and refuse to play Sallie Mae's game, college will become more affordable.

@brisguzman9216 3 года назад

Yes! That was the stopper for me. With housing I was facing almost 20K a year for 4 years, plus expenses. No gracias.

@EwYoureCringe 3 года назад

Did no one watch the video? CC enrollment is also down and expensive graduate enrollment is up

@fornoreason8822 2 года назад

All you need is one word...greed.

@MCMXCVI-April 3 года назад

I graduated high school in 2015 and started college that fall. Going to college is stressful and overwhelming in many aspects. I went to college for 2.5 years and they charge for everything! I had a full Academic ride but seeing what many of my classmates went through is enough to drive you insane. Drove me insane trying to work full time to support my outside of school and working to maintain my scholarship. I took a chance and dropped out to pick up a trade. That being said many of my friends have their bachelors and are swamped in debt, can’t find jobs using their degrees, and still live at home with their parents. Me on the other hand, I have a generous income, a homeowner at 24, and no lingering college debt. Long story short, I feel like the enrollment percentages are declining because folks are tired of the scam of the college/university system. But that’s just my opinion.

@maizahbritton3802 3 года назад

I am just curious about what trades people go in to? What trade did you decide to learn?

@sahtemehdiavcstarkd8712 3 года назад

@@maizahbritton3802 plumbing hospitality cooking school carpenter etc

@katielue4989 3 года назад

@@maizahbritton3802 Electrician, plumbing, automotive. With financial aid it comes out to about 4k-9k after the fact and certified within 2 years. I looked into it but decided to invest that money in a business instead. There's so many ways to make passive income without any certificate/degree, self employment is the way to go now a days! Getting a skilled trade can help you a lot in becoming self employed though. For example, you can become a certified electrician and start a independent business making over $100 to install electrical in new houses/remodeled houses. Or let's say you get certified in carpentry, you can do home repairs and even build your own buildings and sell them. There's so many businesses where they make manufactured homes, sheds, and garages which probably are nothing for them to build and then sell them for a significant profit. There's honestly so much you can do, trade school is worth it, college is a waste of time, but both are not needed. There's so many opportunities to make passive income now you just have to look and think outside the box. Invest in business not college.

@NazriB Год назад

Lies again? Lazy Students

@stryder619 3 года назад

It's painfully clear; unless you're studying STEM, medicine, or law, many degree paths provide almost nothing of concrete value. There are far better paying alternatives that cost less in terms of training

@AshaMae 3 года назад

Not even law.

@AmazingStoryDewd 3 года назад

Unless your goal is to be an academic of course.

@dereckdelcid72 3 года назад

Even compsci (STEM) is under attack.

@wii3willRule 3 года назад

not even STEM. At least, not the "M" in STEM. Protip: don't bother majoring in math

@daniyalamed2960 3 года назад

@@wii3willRule Do teaching in math. There is a huge shortage of Math teachers and thus they are paid very well in some states. Just an advise for you

@CxDubxU 3 года назад

Turns out, you can only artificially raise tuition prices and stick the students with all the debt for so long before it goes bust...

@beetime8184 3 года назад

Maybe don't make us pay thousands of dollars for half of a dorm room. I'm very lucky that my family can afford to send me to college, but if I had to go into debt for this, I wouldn't be doing it.

@brookedavidoff9879 3 года назад

I'm a full-time college student and a single mother, Zoom school is very hard. The amount of self-learning needed for Zoom school can be overwhelming. There is no school library, no quiet time if everyone in your home is home. It's definitely challenging.

@user-fj3mm4st9i 3 года назад

Totally feel you

@killmewhileimahead 3 года назад

Yeah the lack of a quiet place would send me into full on rages. I had to move my desk into a walk in closet. I also started getting freaked out by hearing recordings of lectures over and over and couldn’t finish lectures if there were too many mouth noises and my legs started to feel weird after sitting all day in a chair. If you are doing all this with kids, you are truly my hero.

@gamerhistorian7843 3 года назад

Should have joined the military and get the G.I bill

@kaytee5031 3 года назад

@@gamerhistorian7843 lol trade one scam for another ?

@rebeccasimpson7527 3 года назад

Congratulations for hanging in there, Brooke! College is hard - even in person, I can’t imagine on line learning! It will pay off in the long run.

@BrockLanders 3 года назад

College is a terrible investment unless you’re going into a STEM field. Go to your local library if you want to learn about Gender Studies.

@angelyeas 3 года назад

I'll echo that. If you want to educate yourself, become a good self-learner. Don't spend exorbitant amounts of money on unorthodox interests. Especially when that information is available through other avenues at a mere fraction of the price. I've learned more from online learning on the side than the egregious outdated curriculum being inculcated by professors that have long outlived their primes.

@Victor-tl4dk 3 года назад

@@angelyeas exactly. There should be a self learner associates degree or something!

@nobodyimportant5978 3 года назад

Who wants to spend thousands of dollars and years of their lives only to come out less intelligent and in debt?

@deandregary6539 3 года назад

Pay the price of learning. 🤣

@genxx2724 3 года назад

A degree in indignation, entitlement, and SJW. Misguidedly imposing the term “Latinx” on people, disrespecting the rules of the Spanish language and culture while virtue signaling respect of culture. The irony is so rich. 🤣

@todmas3077 3 года назад

My sister is in grad school with 90K in debt so far. She hasn’t blinked an eye because she has no intentions paying it back

@merissacooper6539 3 года назад

Damn... Is she mentally and emotionally okay?

@ablueslenz 3 года назад

She may not pay back one cent of the loans she borrowed, but she will pay in other ways, especially if the loans are private student loans. If they are government loans, they will block her from other potential resources she might need down the road if she defaults on the loans. So, she will pay one way or the other.

@ablueslenz 3 года назад

@Velvet Thunder Good question. The answer is simply the loans will remain and accrue interest. They are not discharged unless she dies, or the government dismisses them. I don’t think the latter will ever happen. If she ever earns a wage in the U.S. after leaving the country, the government can garnish her wages and apply toward the defaulted loans.

@gr8macaw1 3 года назад

Your sister is in grad school and she thinks this unpaid student loan will not follow her? Proof that a college education is worthless.

@akui88 3 года назад

i went to college and make around 50K a year, my friend went to a trade school and is now a plumber, he earns about 100K a year 5 years out.

@sahtemehdiavcstarkd8712 3 года назад

Even if it paid 200 k, I still would not want to be a plumber, maybe that is just me 😁

@jenniferpearce1052 3 года назад

@@sahtemehdiavcstarkd8712 This is a fair point. Life has tradeoffs. You pick a job and a lifestyle together. Is a higher paying job worth doing that kind of work? Depends on the person!

@sahtemehdiavcstarkd8712 3 года назад

@@jenniferpearce1052 exactly that was my point. I am a college professor, I like the prestige and flexibility.

@diverman1023 3 года назад

But he will have to be a plumber for life and has to provide his own insurance, etc right? I definitely think in STEM fields it’s worth it going to college and you life a more comfortable life with more options

@akui88 3 года назад

@@diverman1023 no he works for a company.

@emilyuncry8933 3 года назад

College is not worth it for those getting useless degrees. I got a Mechanical Engineering Degree and getting paid well with a fun job. There are so many people that come in going for Liberal Arts, Gender Studies, Art History, but the Money is in Medicine, Medical, Law, Coding, and Engineering

@LEuler-wl1jp 3 года назад

This needs to be pinned. If you study the useless, you are the useless

@HeyyyitsBell 3 года назад

@@LEuler-wl1jp liberal arts isn’t useless, though. a liberal art education should strengthen one’s ability to articulate themselves, particularly when dealing with the abstract, which is clearly useful for anyone. the key word is “should”.

@jasonjstdr 3 года назад

Most college graduates get jobs, including those with liberal arts majors. Many liberal arts majors make more after promotions later in life than people with technical degrees.

@tohruadachi7509 3 года назад

Coding is not something you need a degree, I have some friends who are programmers and they never stepped into an university. I would say, just go to university if you wanna be a doctor, lawyer, engineer, architecture or teacher, for other things, a CC is fine or taking online courses.

@icecactus11 3 года назад

Engineers are having a rough time finding jobs too you’re lucky even with that

@giannisaxon4080 3 года назад

The meaning of college is vanishing because of the high tuition cost. Also, people are more educated these days people realized that having a degree doesn't mean u going to have a good job or career. I know people with degrees that make 12 an hour. Sad 😩

@LEuler-wl1jp 3 года назад

What was the major?

@luv2clash970 3 года назад

Really? I’m a 17 year old in high school making 18 an hour. I hope my civil engineering career will take me far

@LEuler-wl1jp 3 года назад

@@luv2clash970 Hi, engineering degrees will definitely help you in the long run. Engineering internship pays around $20/hr and after some certifications (you need to be done with the engineering first), your salary can be around $55/hr. But if you study majors such as gender studies and the likes, get ready to fake your death.

@C3yl0 3 года назад

@@LEuler-wl1jp not everyone was born to be an engineer! You still need the art major or how do you buy the clothing you even wear? Who designed? Smh

@starscream6629 2 года назад

@@luv2clash970 Do they have an uncivil engineering where everyone cusses?

@Iceify_ 3 года назад

Not everyone wants 80k in debt at the end of college.

@lexismith8206 3 года назад

Go to community college, get scholarships, work while you're in school, GoFundMe...

@mssha1980 3 года назад

@@lexismith8206 it’s near impossible to work while I’m school

@starscream6629 2 года назад

@@lexismith8206 Lol go fund me. Virtual pan handling for your personal choices.

@AmazingStoryDewd 3 года назад

Yeah I dropped out of college for the time being. The problem is the quality of online instruction is mediocre at best and I'm still paying the same amount as if I were on campus. Honestly it's so bad I'd be better off self studying .... too bad I can't get a degree doing that lol.

@ThingsILikke 3 года назад

You can though - go to a degree mill that gives associates degrees based on how you score on aptitude testing.

@nonequivalence1864 3 года назад

As someone who got their computer science degree in 2018 - College's top 5 the biggest scams every created by mankind. It's a waste of time, money and life. I don't recommend anyone going to college unless you aspire to become a doctor or lawyer. I'm a software developer now with a good salary because of building many projects on the side to give myself experience. I've literally learned nothing from college besides cheating my way through classes just to pass and get it over with simply because the material's antiquated and not up to par with modern standards. Colleges are robbing people with a smile on their face, it's that simple.

@wii3willRule 3 года назад

I mean, breaking into SWE without a CS degree is significantly more difficult than if you have one

@HisMajesty99 3 года назад

It was a ripoff to begin with, and now it’s an even bigger ripoff being virtual and online. Why would a sane person sink 100 grand for online courses that have less quality than Khan Academy videos on RU-vid?

@AmazingSurvivalKH 3 года назад

Students are finely smartening up and not going into

@ThingsILikke 3 года назад

@Ahad Umer businesses fail because the people running them don’t manage their cash flow. If these kids are financially responsible and honest they have a high chance of success in business.

@notkarengt3109 3 года назад

@@ThingsILikke Correct, in business manging income and fiance is important, I don't think much schools teach basic money making skills that can help the society ;-;

@notkarengt3109 3 года назад

@@ThingsILikke I recommending listening and reading a book called "Rich Dad Poor Dad" it's a book that teaches a good lesson.

@METALKILLSemosNpunks 3 года назад

Dropped out of college after a year and enrolled in trade school instead. Far less cheaper and I’m far more financially stable then I would ever have been had I kept going to college.

@KentoSky 3 года назад

Colleges are businesses at the end of the day.

@MikaelChoi 3 года назад

They shouldn't be. Education should be a necessity like healthcare and housing.

@swavekbu4959 3 года назад

I'm late 40s, and though I have great credit, would probably have some trouble convincing a bank to lend me 100k. Yet, if I was 18, and said it was for school, they'd lend it in a heartbeat. The problem is that I know what 100k is worth and what comes with paying it back. The kid doesn't. He'll wake up 10 years later and wonder how dumb he was to take out 100k in loans that he may never pay off.

@Shaes_Projects 3 года назад

True, people act like “oh they chose that debt, they should deal with it”, but a 17-18y/o isn’t going to know the full impact of that debt and the fact it takes decades to pay it off. Many millennials are still under mountains of debt from 10-30 years ago. I really feel for the people stuck under student loan debt. It really piles up at a rate faster than anyone can realistically pay it off, even if they live at a minimalistic bare minimum for the next decade. Wage stagnation is really the icing on the student debt cake, making it even harder.

@swavekbu4959 3 года назад

@@Shaes_Projects Exactly, a 25-year old says he/she has 150k in student debt, yet has no awareness that he/she'll be likely paying off that debt for the rest of their lives. They think it's simply "something to deal with" instead of seeing it for what it is, a lifetime of working for the bank paying interest on the loan. 100k student debt isn't a "problem," it's a lifetime of servitude to the bank unless they have an amazing income. The bank is literally enslaving them to a lifetime of servitude without them knowing it.

@mssha1980 3 года назад

AMEN!

@CatholicTraditional 3 года назад

Blame the guidance counselors for telling all the kids and parents that college is the only way to go. The other thing about student loans is that there’s no credit/collateral check, and you don’t have to start repayments until 6 months after graduation or other separation from the college. Every other type of loan lucky if you get the first month free.

@mz.anita9936 3 года назад

Happy to hear this!! Don't make the mistake this millennial did. I paid off 40k and still have about 30k left to pay off my student loans and it's been a mental inhibitor my whole life. Honestly not worth it. There's much better routes you can take. Multiple companies are lowering degree requirements, online classes, entrepreneurship...whatever floats your boat. Don't follow this stigma that you have to go a traditional route like college to get a good job.

@Nora-pw6pk 3 года назад

Higher education doesn't equal success...it equals debt tho

@kpokpojiji 3 года назад

Our boys did their university studies in foreign countries. Aside from having the remarkable experience in living in another culture, schools there were substantially less expensive, so both boys finished school with no debt, and top flight, internationally recognized degrees. Worth looking into (go directly to the foreign school, do not try to do it through an American university as they will charge you a fortune). College in America is more and more a rip off.

@rayer6445 2 года назад

thats sounds awesome. How does pne do that. It sounds like a harrowing feat.

@alaaa1794 3 года назад

Student debt? College too expensive!

@jerrygil1965 3 года назад

Exacto!

@Reconseal4050 3 года назад

College just isn't worth it anymore unless they are willing to lower their prices!

@deandregary6539 3 года назад

College is for wealthy people only in my own opinion.

@lexismith8206 3 года назад

@@deandregary6539 you can go to community college...

@abigailjimenez2148 3 года назад

Not worth the time n money unless u become a doctor or study law at the Ivy League schools cuz even law school grads can’t find jobs.

@AM-dp9tv 3 года назад

So glad I didn't fall into the trap of attending a 4 year and went the community college route for my nursing degree, cant believe I have peers paying 3000-4000 a semester...ridiculous. And it isn't even worth it!!

@djsaidez271 3 года назад

My state school charges 6000 per quarter. QUARTER.

@C3yl0 3 года назад

My daughter is in a community college and pays almost 3000 for 12 credits per semester!

@djsaidez271 3 года назад

@Ahad Umer Well I'm not in college yet, I looked at UCSD (one of the cheaper UCs), and tuition for in-state residents is about $15k per year, so $5k per quarter (doesn't count summer quarter), and this isn't accounting for financial aid but also isn't accounting for housing and other extra costs

@wii3willRule 3 года назад

Good work! Nursing is a really solid career, very unlikely to ever be automated

@djsaidez271 3 года назад

@Ahad Umer Well I'm lucky since I qualify for a tuition scholarship through the military, but even with that it's not a walk in the park since I want to move on-campus

@chrismessy 3 года назад

Students woke up when the price for online schooling didn't go down

@purplepixi18 3 года назад

I took an 8 year break from school. I came back, and now I'm a straight A student. It can be done!

@Shaes_Projects 3 года назад

Keep up the good work! I took a gap year after graduating in 2018, I’m getting a vet tech associates and taking my first set of externship hours over the summer. I felt better prepared and it’s good to take a long break to see what works for you rather than jumping straight into it.

@danegagnon 3 года назад

Same here! I took almost 7 years off and got straight A's this year (all online). I've been accepted to every school I applied to and almost all of my tuition is covered at the school I chose.

@jerrygil1965 3 года назад

I had a lot of people in their 30s and 40s in my classes finishing college, great idea

@silentdragon9151 3 года назад

Well there could be many reasons 4 yr colleges are expensive. Community college is alot cheaper. Also Pell Grants dont really help if these kids have to report their parents incomes until they are 25. When many parents are 18 and done. It makes them push back education and sometimes just give up on the idea.

@AmazingSurvivalKH 3 года назад

hello👌

@liveandletlive807 3 года назад

Community college is absolutely cheaper but it still ain't that cheap.

@silentdragon9151 3 года назад

@@liveandletlive807 I know and the cost of books is outrageous.

@C3yl0 3 года назад

That’s a myth! Community colleges are charging 3k or more per semester for 12 creds

@silentdragon9151 3 года назад

@@C3yl0 apparently I lived a myth. Cool

@jasonrobertson8487 3 года назад

They have priced themselves out of reality.

@killmewhileimahead 3 года назад

I don’t blame young people for opting out. I dropped out and didn’t return until after 30 because if I had to work my lifetime in customer service it would have been the customer or me. I chose a career path that I really like and where self employment is viable but it comes at such a cost. Not only money, but lost time as well.

@aena5995 3 года назад

Wht did u do instead..?our parents make it feel like theres no other way i feel too mentally unready but i feel likr gheres no other option but to get admission in some JAIL aka UNI 😭😥😥 idk wtf to do now

@killmewhileimahead 3 года назад

@@aena5995 at least in the USA, it’s very hard to have a comfortable life without an education. It’s possible but it didn’t work for me. I would just advise you go for something you love because otherwise it’s miserable. I went back for graphic arts/interactive media, I was doing it at a very amateur level for a few years before and wanted to do it permanently.

@thecocksaysmoo 3 года назад

Student loan debt has ruined my life.

@blackboxbs8642 3 года назад

What did you study and how much debt?

@thecocksaysmoo 3 года назад

@@blackboxbs8642 Bachelors in Fine Arts. It was my stepping stone to a Master of Art Teaching but I graduated in 2008. The apartment I was renting got caught up in the housing bubble burst. It was sold out from under me without me knowing & instead of going back to get my Master's, I became homeless. I never recovered from that. Still struggling to recover from it to this day. I'm 10k in debt. I can't obtain gainful employment with a BFA. It's a pretty worthless degree unless you can successfully fulfill your Master's.

@daney2154 3 года назад

I was supposed to be an international student from Jamaica to the US, however I decided just to attend school in Jamaica for this main reason: I AM NOT GONNA PAY OVER $40,000 USD FOR A DAMN OVERSEAS SCHOOL WHERE I CAN PAY LESS THAN $1500 USD IN MY OWN COUNTRY. That's a huge gap right there.

@jenalatz3589 3 года назад

Colleges need to be honest about job opportunities with degrees that don't have practical applications. Some majors have straight paths to work in a particular field others majors may have satisfied your interes6and passion but may not lead to employment in that field, better have a plan B if you go that route.

@JustSheaShea 3 года назад

I found out my in 3rd year and $42,000 in debt I found out that my new major would only pay 12.50/hr. I’m taking 5 a year break to reevaluate my options.

@Ada-zg2qb 3 года назад

That's good. I graduated with 35k in debt with am English degree. Let's just say that was a mistake. I went through an IT training program and am now making enough to pay my loans of in under 5 years. I learned my lesson. I'm not going back to school because the field I'm in is very secure. But if I were to go back it would be a short training program for something I like doing and I would pay cash upfront.

@heather1506 3 года назад

I don’t know why we can’t accredit community colleges to grant 4 year degrees. We would have have more college educated people and far less student loan debt

@realdeal139 3 года назад

Young kids are waking up to the fucery of these institutions. Kudos to them!

@jerrygil1965 3 года назад

Amen

@lexismith8206 3 года назад

College is 100% worth it. It's not easy, but its doable.

@veronicaelliott9582 3 года назад

The books at junior college are just as expensive as books at colleges and universities.

@Gothiqueluv 3 года назад

Very true!

@jeanp.5929 3 года назад

because it's the same education. The tuition maybe different but the professors are picking the same textbook professors at 4 year schools would pick.

@Gothiqueluv 3 года назад

@@jeanp.5929 Very true! All we are paying for is the name. It's all the same Blackboard, Connect, or McGraw-Hill.

@Gothiqueluv 3 года назад

@Gina Harvey IKR? And the paper is as thin as TP! I have discount printer paper that's thicker. What a joke!

@Wongseifu548 3 года назад

Its not just a pandemic though when an entry level government position requires a masters degree to even have a shot of getting in is it any wonder why people hace given up.

@CA2SD 3 года назад

Aside professions that require degrees, some people are making more money just with a good paying job than those with a four year degree.

@lexismith8206 3 года назад

College grads typically earn more.

@mssha1980 3 года назад

@@lexismith8206 not true. Please don’t believe that.

@DonaldDrunk578 3 года назад

@@mssha1980 statistically proven.

@starscream6629 2 года назад

@@DonaldDrunk578 If you look solely at income without accounting for their college debts with interest and use the info to solely prove a blanket statement biased point. Straight income averages says little about how well someone actually is doing outside of the extreme differences. A single mom (extremely common use case) college grad making 65k isn’t going to be as well off as someone with just a high school diploma, who’s a bachelor making 50k with no debts, who’s gotten certifications. Those figures don’t account for certifications, on-site education programs offered at corporations, nor the impact of the student debt on life events (getting a house, starting a family). Not to mention where they are living due to cost of living has a huge impact. Someone in New York City is going to be at a heavy disadvantage to someone living in salt lake due to housing, taxes, insurance costs.

@princesskaitlinhazelwood4703 3 года назад

Because even community college is really expensive. Also most of the people who go to cc are older people who are also working and supporting families. They can’t afford the risk of student loans or tuition.

@liveandletlive807 3 года назад

I agree on community college being expensive. At my cc in Maryland a single class is 450 dollars and that's not including textbooks, transportation, etc. And a lab class will cost you around 600 dollars.

@kleparaskevas2628 3 года назад

@@liveandletlive807 A single class costs 400$ that is for the whole semester ?

@DrunkenSkittlez 3 года назад

@@kleparaskevas2628 if its for one semester thats pretty cheap

@BlastinRope 3 года назад

In CA if you are low income all community costs are waived, and with the pell grant you get 9000 a year, then I had two other ca grants which gave me another 4800 a year. Plus since covid started I have gotten about 3300 in additional aid from the school. So as a low income student I have earned about 17000 dollars for attending community college this past year.

@itz_corbis1784 3 года назад

That true, but I think most college or university have scholarship where you don't have worry about paying your education, you can only getting if you have good grade and GPA. I am thinking about getting scholarship in university so I don't have to worry about paying a lot of money.

@arpita8285 3 года назад

A lot of students are taking gap years. Even I contemplated taking one before my freshman year this year but decided against it.

@Tamar-sz8ox 3 года назад

Yes...

@arpita8285 3 года назад

@@Tamar-sz8ox yes, what?

@richardking1561 2 года назад

The gap year is probably a smart thing to do. Discover whats out there. Heck they may even find a job with an employer that is willing to help with tuition - BIngo! - go at night to school after work. If I could go back and do it over again, I wouldn't have gone straight to college. I would have started looking for a job and worked up from there. Save all those opportunity costs.

@worldcitizeng6507 3 года назад

I work in this sector; so I can say that when many Americans are struggling with jobs, uncertain future during this pandemic, and many international students (from a certain country) are not enrolling this fall for colleges. The international students are money makers for many colleges since they pay higher tuition than the domestic students. College towns will surfer as well, less students, less spending around the town.

@TheConqueror14 3 года назад

Good, go to a tech school learn real skills and get a good job.

@bettysmith4527 3 года назад

Make it affordable, and they will come. The cost of college has become INSANE! I am HIGHLY motivated to get my graduate degree, but guess what, I cannot afford it. I would have to give up my house in order to pay it in cash, or to afford paying the loans after, and that just isn't an option!

@cedrictitus3154 3 года назад

Nobody is interested in wearing a mask in a classroom.

@rjwrangler9715 3 года назад

Well put ffff the masks

@kaytee5031 3 года назад

This is probably at the very bottom of the list of reasons why people are no longer going to college if it even makes it.

@brookecarmichael3629 3 года назад

I’m about to graduate high school tonight, I almost chose not to go to college. I found a way to get a full scholarship to a community college and got a job with a company that will pay for the rest of my university. If it wasn’t for that. I almost chose not to go to college. During the pandemic, it showed me not everything is as serious as people make it out to be and there are other things more important. I found Dave Ramsey and learned so much about money as well. It just made me so depressed to go into debt for something that may not even secure a job for myself. My (old) manager had a degree and only made $17 an hour. I also changed what major I would want because I do not want to get a degree in something that will close down due to a pandemic. Many people in my grade I have talked to are just going straight into the workforce, which I think is just fine.

@notkarengt3109 3 года назад

You should listen to Rich Dad Poor dad, It's a really good book I can't stop recommending it 😂😂 It educates about fiance and managing your money.

@LaDeeDah 3 года назад

My son is 7 and he asked if I want him to go to college. I always reply "I want you to have the choice, if you can get a free ride by having scholarships or if you can have the money saved". Would much rather him hand select the specific skills and education he needs and start a business.

@DJTerrisMist 3 года назад

I was paying 10k a semester to sit in a room with 200+ ppl to listen to a guy talk about his education from about 50 years prior. He made us buy his book for the class, and it was the only book we needed. The entire class was based on one test at the end, and he told us we didn't need to show up until the test. I resigned from my university and I never looked back. I learned more at community college and I found the teachers were more dedicated to their students.

@jesusvillalba2886 3 года назад

I think anyone can benefit from having a basic 4-year degree, it really opens your doors depending on your profession of interest. The problem is the extreme indifference that universities have shown towards students, as well as the sheet cost of going to school.

@miguelbermudez5426 3 года назад

Depends on the degree. If ppl get a criminal justice degree, yes it is useless. A STEMs degree, no not useless.

@jenalatz3589 3 года назад

@@miguelbermudez5426 true

@wii3willRule 3 года назад

@@miguelbermudez5426 STEM degrees like math (the "M" in STEM) also suck. Don't fall for the STEM meme

@DaveElke 3 года назад

All the comments are about the cost and debt. Our community college has free tuition for the first two years. Our enrollment is still down. That I do not understand.

@MyIGNameIsSuperThickVegan 3 года назад

what college is this?

@gibsonhan1323 3 года назад

Nobody wants to waste their "college experience" stuck behind a laptop. Take a gap year or 2 and explore the world. There will always be time for college. Also, there are so many MOOC classes online and free resources from the top university. If you know what you want to do in life and want to get into a research position, the 4-year university is a good move. If you don't just chill and avoid the debt trap.

@Oph977 3 года назад

Does this include international student enrollment? I’m pretty sure a lot of international students are not coming to study.

@isaacdestura7495 3 года назад

Yep, Im at an international school where a lot of people study in the US, and a lot of people (who are actually pretty well off), decided against going to the US based on cost alone. It's expensive for US nationals and a total rip-off for international students. You can build a house every year for the same price

@nerd23x 3 года назад

I think college is just a waste of time

@aucklandsadventures 3 года назад

People finally woke up and realized that not everyone needs to go to college. If your college ranks in the Top 25 Party schools. You probably didn’t need to go there either.

@markmoreno7295 2 года назад

I was one of the last students who got in just as prices were going up. At the community college the fees were $17 per unit and we were on the semester. Typical for me was 12 to 18 units. Later, at the University I attended, the fee was much higher, $163/quarter with the minimum at 36 units over the year. Books, supplies, room, and board were extra. I therefore worked during college which hurt my grades. I graduated with a degree in Biology. I unofficially minored in art, and marine biology. I graduated with roughly 230 units in total. It took be 2 years to pay off my accumulated debt of 3 thousand dollars. I was lucky compared to kids in school these days. I am no academic and would have been better served at a trade, but the subject was never brought up by any of my so called advisors. Still, I do not begrudge my days spent in school. I particularly enjoyed learning about the names of living creatures.

@MattMajcan 3 года назад

its not worth the money

@everydaylifewithtaboo6698 3 года назад

College is very expensive, who wants to keep getting further in debt. Just to apply for a job that wants to pay 20k to 30k less than what you paid for your degree.

@Hndjdj400 3 года назад

Exactly

@romaskincare9138 3 года назад

Good. It's no longer as beneficial to attend Colleges and Universities. They are SUPER expensive and leave people in $100,000K of debt in an economy where rent/mortgage and living expenses keep going up while there are fewer jobs and salaries are stagnant. . Instead of a $100,000K debt for a degee in Comparative Modern Musicology, a trade school is a much better decision. You learn a usable skill for a high demand profession. . UNLESS the kid needs a degree for his/her/their career, such as for medical, engineering, legal ...etc profession where the university credentials are a requirement, - a university degree is just simply outdated. ...

@chantlmcclary6419 3 года назад

I'm a university student now and I can tell u that the process of tuition is ridiculously astounding and the process or enrolling or re - enrolling is all the more difficult when it doesn't have to be of course thus is happening and for good reason.

@JTDyer21 3 года назад

College is ok but it's not worth the debt. Pay cash or don't bother.

@anadominguez8523 3 года назад

Cash paying is very difficult, I’m finishing my grad school program this fall and it took me 4 years to finish because I needed to secure tuition before enrolling every semester. Paying for college out of pocket means living paycheck by paycheck for several years. I wish there would be more options but reality is sad. Being financially limited brings more stress to your life on top of having a job, a family and class work.

@JTDyer21 3 года назад

@@anadominguez8523, life is difficult. An education is great but there's truly no guarantee that education will pay off. That's the real world. Adding debt only adds more risk. Pay cash is difficult but it's also difficult when your up to your eyeballs in debt. Then you add way more stress. So either way you go it's difficult. The best solution is to crunch your time. By that I mean pay cash or if you do have some debt you better balance it out by getting through school lightning quick. That's the key. GET THROUGH SCHOOL SUPER SONIC QUICK. Even if you pay cash you still gotta get through in a hurry. Otherwise you lose steam and the whole college experience is a bust.

@Gothiqueluv 3 года назад

@@JTDyer21 How are you supposed to pay for it if you don't have a job that requires that degree?

@JTDyer21 3 года назад

@@Gothiqueluv, well one way to pay for school is to work. I worked while attending college, especially over the summer months. One summer I saved up $8,000 cash to pay my tuition and living expenses. I paid my rent for basically the whole year with a major portion of that $8,000 so I could go. If your rent is prepaid for the year it's a lot easier to go to school cause your living expenses are much cheaper.

@Gothiqueluv 3 года назад

@@anadominguez8523 Very true! Btw, congratulations for fighting it out and finishing this fall. :-)

@huntrrams 3 года назад

When I was a senior, I went straight to community college to get rid of my Gen Eds and just transfer my credits and that saved me so much money . I noticed these students make mistakes by going straight to University.

@Victor-tl4dk 3 года назад

Thanks for illuminating that for me.

@craigcarter400 3 года назад

Both of my daughters will have HS subsidized Associates at 18 (next year for one and the following year for another). They still charge $400 + books each per quarter but that’s better than it could be.

@V3RITAZ_42 3 года назад

If less and less people go could this possibly make having a degree an asset again?

@mariahsmom9457 3 года назад

It is expensive but the rising tuition is to cover the decrease in state and federal funding. Tax money no longer goes to any community or social betterment like education. Lining pockets of politicians instead.

@DonaldDrunk578 3 года назад

goes to blm

@rcw328 3 года назад

isn't the decline dude to international students not attending

@dynamict4722 3 года назад

My generation isn’t stupid and if you are going to college it probably because your parents are threatening you at least mine are.

@rssand6840 3 года назад

It's not about skipping school entirely. It's just people are making different choices for their education. If your a student that is undecided and just needs to take undergrad first, then junior college makes a lot of sense. Student aid goes a longer way with a cheaper school too. Some times school makes more sense financially especially if it's for a STEM degree. Working a dead-end job with no further development may be just as bad as getting into some debt and potentially moving ahead. No need to get into impossible debt though. Those schools are usually predatory and the financial aid is skimpy.

@Miollvynir 3 года назад

I did start grad school, but if it's any consolation I'll be in debt for a long, long time.

@Yandel21ableify 3 года назад

College is a scam.

@Miollvynir 3 года назад

@@Yandel21ableify Cool, enjoy not having engineers, doctors, biochemists, or any other occupation that requires extensive education. Bye.

@Yandel21ableify 3 года назад

@@Miollvynir HB1 visas my friend.

@dicksonm412 3 года назад

@@Yandel21ableify What about them? Majority of H1B holders have advanced degrees from US universities!

@LuisFlores-mc2tc 3 года назад

Glad people are starting to understand that college is no longer needed. It's 2021 if you want to learn anything just look it up. Take certification exams and take up internships to build credablility and a resume. The rising cost of college and the shriveling job opportunities, its getting more risky to take on thousands of dollars of debt.

@tamjeanell 3 года назад

People are slowly wising up...

@jck1213 3 года назад

My $1,000 tech degree is paying off my $40,000 bachelors degree at the moment and barely scratching the interest. I severely regret going to a University.

@justinschram 3 года назад

I regret going to a university too. I can't believe I fell for the degree scam😩 I could have a house right now with a $55,000 job instead of looking for entry level positions with $50,000 in student debt.

@amanchandekar4075 3 года назад

College is so expensive and does not provide job

@epicfail552 3 года назад

Because College is stupid expensive (should be free), employers pay like crap, cost of living is going up and we’re sick of it. Government traded the people over to the corporations in the 80s and this crisis is them reaping what they sewed.

@karenhardie1132 3 года назад

There also are less kids graduating from high school. Birth rate is at an all time low.

@merissacooper6539 3 года назад

Bruh lmao

@blackboxbs8642 3 года назад

Birth rate is different from actual number which is all time high. Dont tell me you are a college hippie

@jerrygil1965 3 года назад

Whut?

@misspiscesdreamz 3 года назад

You don't need college to be successful... debt and a low earning job is not the way to live

@suelyons531 3 года назад

It's taking way too long for this guy to make his point. So is is 4% decline for community college and 11% for 4 year and are these last years numbers or what? What is it and why does this guy use the words..."I think, probably, maybe". The interviewers are clearly uncomfortable. Do better CBS.

@oslowcloud 3 года назад

Agree !

@re-engineeringme9758 3 года назад

If you aren’t majoring in STEM don’t go to college. Trade jobs pay well and since they can’t hire enough people a lot of them will train you on the job. College outside of STEM is a bad investment.