Bachelor's Degree
topic on 4 shows · 5 statements across 4 episodes
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5 statements about Bachelor's Degree, every show
Hammer: College borrowers average $38K debt and 40% drop out
“The average, not median, so average, which is a little boosted, borrows like 38,000 dollars to get a to get a bachelor's degree, if I'm not mistaken, or to go all the way through college. And 40% of those who borrow drop out.”
Cyan Banister: Degree requirements on job descriptions are arbitrary rejection filters
“That was the hard requirement that they had on the job descriptions that said you had to have a bachelor's degree or whatever, which is one of the things I discovered as somebody who doesn't have a degree, is that, that thing on there is just so that they can …”
Oyerinde: Only about 30% of community college students ever graduate
“Only about 30% of students who go to a community college will ever graduate. With an associate's degree or transfer into a four year school and get a bachelor's degree.”
Oyerinde: Associate degrees increase lifetime earnings by roughly $500,000 over high school
“So like generally speaking if you get a bachelor's degree, you're going to out earn people with just a high school diploma by about a million dollars over the course of your life. Associate's degree gets you about half the value. So about half a million dollar…”