Current Events > Roughly 33% of US citizens aged 25+ have at least a bachelor's degree. Do you?

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Let's see how CE compares with the average U.S. citizen.

"Just over a third of American adults have a four-year college degree, the highest level ever measured by the U.S. Census Bureau.

In a report released Monday, the Census Bureau said 33.4 percent of Americans 25 or older said they had completed a bachelors degree or higher. Thats a sharp rise from the 28 percent with a college degree a decade ago.

When the Census Bureau first asked respondents about their education levels, in 1940, just 4.6 percent said they had a four-year degree.

About a quarter of American adults, 26 percent, have a high school diploma. Another 21 percent have attained a bachelors degree, while 9.3 percent of adults over 25 have a masters degree. Almost 2 percent of Americans have a doctoral degree, and 1.5 percent have earned a professional degree that requires study beyond a four-year bachelors course."

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/326995-census-more-americans-have-college-degrees-than-ever-before
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I voted but Im not American
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LOL 26% of Americans over 25 have a high school diploma.

Not sure I believe that.

Id believe that 33% have a degree though.
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Yup and working on my masters
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no, but I wanna attend community college at some point in my future. I've just been have a shitton of issues that I haven't worked out yet. I'm trying to get back in with my therapist though. I went the longest time only going to drug addition counseling and psychiatrist and sort of ignored my real issues and that was a huge mistake.
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Yes, fully paid for by the GI Bill at that.
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Nope

Couldn't stand going to school again over shit I didn't care about, and with an annoying atmosphere to boot.

Now I don't even need one. Making middle class money without a degree.

Yeah I have a bachelors
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RedWhiteBlue posted...

Nope, failed out just before I got one. Life is going by fast and I'm only making 12.50/h. I have no skills so I'm fucked, just waiting for it all to catch up to me, really.

Is it possible for you to transfer or something? Or are all those credits lost because you failed out?
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Wow, CE is really out-doing average Americans. We're at 68% with at least a Bachelor's degree. We're smart!
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Yes and it hasn't done much good.
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Don't become a doctor if you already know you don't want to be one. Trust me
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I do not have one. I have an associate's amount from military experience alone (just need to get my college math class done but I'm terrible at math so I'm going through the "foundational" pre-college level stuff first :\).

After that I intend on getting a Bachelor's yes. I put it off for too long but if I don't want to get stuck in this career field I need to at least get a degree in something and branch out.
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Nope

I'm 39, yes I do
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Houston posted...

Wow, CE is really out-doing average Americans. We're at 68% with at least a Bachelor's degree. We're smart!

do you not realise how skewed this is? the fact that CE users who dont have degrees may not want to vote and vice versa? Or the fact that not everyone here is American?

Not US citizen, but,

Yes, I have one.
No, I didn't have it yet when I hit 25 (though I did have it before 26).
No, I don't have anything higher (and am not working on it).
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RedWhiteBlue posted...

I'm 23, getting close to 24, and I'm literally this sad sack of shit who just wants a purpose >_>.

That's probably most people 20-30 from what I've seen
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sadly no only got associates but planning to transfer
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Can't even imagine having a decent first job without it tbh. If you don't get one, you literally have to rely on luck or know somebody who can solve all your problems, which is also luck
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legendarylemur posted...

Can't even imagine having a decent first job without it tbh. If you don't get one, you literally have to rely on luck or know somebody who can solve all your problems, which is also luck

Military is literally a viable option as long as you score high enough to get something other than infantry.
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