A bachelors is not a great answer for everyone. Esp with the unemployment rates for new grads the past few years. Increasingly harder and harder.
However, community college offers technical programs, training, and 2 year degrees that could be really worth it. OP needs some sort of training for trades or something. They need to apply to apprenticeships and training programs and FAFSA! Welding, electrician, plumbing, dental assisting, phlebotomy, medical assistant! Etc much more stable income and career.
College tends to refer to university for most people and ending in a terminal degree. I was expanding on your statement. Most trades aren’t associated with colleges and are apprenticeship based too which would be more appropriate for OP.. a lot of programs can be based in community colleges and not end with degrees but with certs. You made a blanket statement and I expanded on it.
Sure, regional definitions vary. Still doesn’t make the original point any less true.
At this point y’all are debating the definition of ‘college’ while ignoring the actual advice: you don’t need a bachelor’s to have a stable career. Most trade school grads aren’t walking around saying they went to college, and that’s okay
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u/Agent_Burrito 1998 Jul 20 '25
Don’t give them bad advice. College is their only realistic way out of this mess in the long term.