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A Gallup poll shows the percentage of Americans saying college is “very important” has fallen to 35%

Now of course a degree in a STEM field is a requirement for employment and much more marketable.
For other fields a college degree very well may be a poor return on investment.

The cost of an university is much higher currently. I paid, in 1969, $165 a quarter at a land grant university in Ohio. Or $495 a year. In today's dollars that is~$4350.
I looked up the resident tuition for a year at the same university today. $13,641.
I got a bargain.

Folks now can go to a community college and obtain a technical degree in computers, HVAC, auto mechanics, health care etc and get a decent paying job. Tuition at my local community college is $1850 a year. A much better return on investment.

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