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Is a bachelors degree worth anything anymore?
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Literally all the actual good paying jobs I’m seeing require a masters or a phd, so is there still any actual value to a bachelors degree anymore? Or should I just be prepared to go to school for 6+ years for an entry level position? Edit: This is not meant to be an insult or a dig to anyone with a bachelor’s degree.
Top Comment: i mean you won't get a masters without your undergrad first so .... its saturated but unless you are going into a specialized field that doesn't require it, yes you need it.
Quick ways to a Bachelor’s Degree
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I’m 45 years old, I’ve never attended any college. I’m being told in order to advance any further I need a degree. Even though I’ve trained most of the people above me. Is there any programs or anything out there that would help me to get a Bachelor’s degree in less than four years? I’ve heard some colleges will use your work experience towards a degree. I’m not sure how that all works.
I would appreciate any constructive advice on how to get a Bachelor’s Degree in one to two years. Thanks.
Top Comment: CLEP Exams can get you about 24-30+ credits in a couple weeks. Take a look at the "Freshman Year for Free" program by ModernStates, a non-profit. Credits via ACE-Accreddited course sites such as Sophia.com and Study.com can get you up to 60 credits or more a few extra weeks. Universities that accept these usually have an affiliation page with these sites to show which of these courses they accept. Find a transfer-credit friendly online university can get these credits applied to your degree. Also look for course schedule like 8-week courses which can maybe make it easier to get you going full-time by taking two courses per session (2 sessions per semester = 4 courses - 12 credits). I did something like this to finish my Business Administration degree in < 2 years, although I had some credits from ~10 years ago and the Army. I did this at Liberty University Online, and overall, I spent about ~$5k to complete my Bachelors degree. Edit: Some Universities also have skill/competence based credits where you take an exam or do some other work to get credits. Sometimes called ICE- Institutional Challenge Examinations.
Is a bachelor’s degree on its own not good enough anymore?
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22M. Just graduated college in Dec 2023 with a BA in Media Production/Communications. I won’t beat around the bush. I did the bare minimum in college. I was not blessed enough to be completely taken care of and lived on my own/worked close to full time my whole college career. This left me almost no time to network, join clubs, build a resume/portfolio, etc.. My resume solely consists of my BA, and a couple of restaurant jobs, one of which I am still working.
I thought just having the degree would open up a lot of doors but I’m quickly realizing this is not the case. No one wants to hire a 22 yr old white male with zero experience in a corporate environment. Did I waste my time going to college? What advice do y’all have in regards to finding a decent job?
I live in Houston, TX.
Edit: Many thanks to those who have replied with helpful and insightful advice. I’m well aware that this situation is my fault, and I’m willing to accept that my own laziness got me to this point.
To those of you calling me entitled, that could not be further from the truth. I don’t expect anything to be handed to me, and I never said that either. I’m simply looking for honest advice on how to pull myself out of this situation. Once again thank you to those who have given me realistic and feasible solutions!
Edit 2: I didnt mean to imply that this solely a race thing. If I did, I apologize. I was merely stating that it’s a (small) factor. DEI exists. This isn’t news.
Top Comment: Just get your foot in the door in anything related to what you want to do. Move to middle of nowhere, work shifts other people don’t want, work an industry maybe that doesn’t pay as well. Nothing you do now is permanent, but if you wait for a “dream job” to fall in your lap, you’ll have those same waiter credentials on your resume forever.
Is a Bachelor degree still THAT relevant and beneficial?
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Graduated with an associate degree (international equivalence of it, at least) in Accountancy 5 years ago. While studying, worked at Starbucks part-time. Found passion in customer service and barista craft so I decided to pursue a career there and turned full-time after graduating.
But pandemic hit and basically got burnt out soon after and bad mental health got worst real quick. Finally thought of looking for other job opportunities—particularly, white collar—and found law interesting. Thought of becoming a paralegal/legal secretary so I took up a year-long diploma in law that I’d completed last October (2022).
(Also had turned back to part-time in SB once I’d started studying again and because I couldn’t possibly survive on that salary, I also took another part-time job as a healthcare assistant for the pandemic. Busy busy. Left SB as a shift supervisor 3 months into the diploma. Left healthcare job 3 months later. Because worst mental health got awful.)
Anyways, been looking for paralegal jobs since getting the diploma but most (if not all) require admin/secretarial experience of at least 2 years and/or an LLB.
It got me wondering if a bachelor degree is still relevant in my life at this point. I hadn’t used my accounting qualifications since graduating; my law diploma seems to be useless; it seems like the customer service industry is the only one I can stay in.
Should I just take up any admin job, should I go back to school and take a BA major that I’m more interested in, should I go back to service—I don’t know. Basically my experience and qualifications seem to be all over the place.
I’m just a lost 25 year old with a messy resumé. Awful mental health getting terrible.
Could really use some advice. Thanks in advance
Top Comment: Depends where you go and what you want to do. If the jobs and salary you want are all requiring a degree, then I'd say you have your answer. Reddit will overwhelmingly tell you no, you don't need one. But I completely disagree in most cases. It really just depends on what kind of upward growth you're expecting. Edit: you already have your associates. If you were to pursue your degree online at SNHU like I did, it would cost you just shy of $20k and can be done in less than a year if you're disciplined. My interest rate [I took out 15k] is 13% and my monthly payment is $287. If you can find a job that pays $65k+, you're ROI will be worth it. Hopefully my situation breakdown helps put a number out there for you.
Why does every job want a bachelors degree?
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Im getting frustrated trying to find a job. Its like every job wants a bachelors degree with 3+ years of experience for no particular reason. I have an associates and just transferred to a university, Im at the point where I’m just gonna start lying on my resume.
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Your bachelor degree means a lot. : r/jobs
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Bachelor's Degrees = Nothing : r/antiwork
Main Post: Bachelor's Degrees = Nothing : r/antiwork
What is the best bachelor's degree?
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I'm not sure what I should go for and am looking for some advice. I'm active duty military and work 10 hours ish a day. I am able to take college classes part time, and am looking to get a bachelor's degree. I want to be a firefighter or pilot once I'm out of the military (in 2.5 years). This degree is purely going to be a backup in case I don't like being a firefighter or pilot. The schooling is free, so I want to take advice of this while I can. My restrictions are, I can only do school part time and fully online (I live in Anchorage there is only 1 small school here). Also, I can't do anything for firefighting or being a pilot while I'm active duty because of my restrictions.
What degrees should I look into that would be good to fall back on? I was thinking engineering but would only be slightly interested in mechanical, but can't do that fully online.
Also should note I already have an AA degree in general ed
P.S. Can only take online classes. Can't do anything in person. Also want to emphasize I am already 95% on firefighting, being a pilot is strong second. This is purely to use my benefit of free school to set me up for a good back up in case I really don't end up liking fire or being a pilot.
Top Comment: There is no way to answer this question, sorry
Are bachelors degrees worthless in 2023
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Why are we told to go to school and you’d do good ?
I have bachelors of commerce -hr degree and I’ve never used it once. I’ve been construction/labour,
I make more than what all the jobs postings on indeed and LinkedIn offer ($17 after 3 years of experience) , I live in Toronto, Ontario where minimum wage is $16 lol
Still I can’t find a job related to my degree(or business degree related) after applying for 300+ positions
I hate that I wasted so much money and time pursuing a piece of paper that is worthless
Also know many recent graduates working retail My brother graduated with fucking arts degree in 2015 and was able to find a job easily
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It depends mostly on what kind of degree you have.
And it's also harder and harder to break into a field if you aren't working in that field. You can find some employment opportunities without any experience when you're 20 something, just out of College. But when you're 30+ or even 40+ and have 0 work experience using your degree, then you are probably in trouble.