Americans have grown sour on one of the longtime key ingredients of the American dream.
Almost two-thirds of registered voters say that a four-year college degree isn’t worth the cost, according to a new NBC News poll, a dramatic decline over the last decade.
Just 33% agree a four-year college degree is “worth the cost because people have a better chance to get a good job and earn more money over their lifetime,” while 63% agree more with the concept that it’s “not worth the cost because people often graduate without specific job skills and with a large amount of debt to pay off.”
Americans have veered sharply against the value proposition of college
Is a four-year college degree “worth the cost because people have a better chance to get a good job and earn more money over their lifetime,” or “not worth the cost because people often graduate without specific job skills and with a large amount of debt to pay off?”
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Roughly 40% say a degree is no longer that important for a good job. In the same Pew survey, 4 in 10 adults said a four-year degree is “not too” or “not at all” important for getting a well-paying job today.
https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2024/05/23/public-views-on-the-value-of-a-college-degree/