ramp-collegedegreeresponse

What I got from these articles is that college degrees don't mean much anymore. The number of high school graduates moving onto college has risen in the past 30, 40 years. Because of this, more and more people are getting degrees. The basic value of a degree doesn't mean a lot or at least as much as it didin prior years. Too many people have them and that waters it down. It takes more now a days to stick out from the crowd. They also talk about how a lot of jobs don't actually require a college degree. It's become a common theme for people to choose college after high school. "College degrees are simply not necessary for many jobs. Of the 30 jobs projected to grow at the fastest rate over the next decade in the United States, only seven typically require a bachelor's degree, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics" It isn't actually a question of if a degree is required, but what matters to employers. In a survey, more people with college degrees were paid more weekly. Does that mean you need a degree to earn more money or that employers are more likely to hire people who do have one?