A growing number of high school students and nonenrolled adults are finding college degrees less valuable, a new study found.
, those educational options rank in the “middle of the pack” compared to alternatives such as on-the-job training, licenses, and certificates, according to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation-commissioned study published last week.
Seventy-two percent of high schoolers and 74% of nonenrolled adults were more impressed with the value of professional certificates, as well as licenses and on-the-job training, than of degrees from two- and four-year universities. In the latest study, majorities of both groups believed a college degree was necessary to get a “good job,” with 58% of high school students and 51% of nonenrolled adults agreeing, although much larger majorities, 69% and 65%, respectively, thought certificates were enough.
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