Expert says one-third of those with bachelor’s degrees are in jobs that don’t require them
There are 6,455,300 more students with bachelor’s degrees today than jobs available for them, including jobs that would be created in the next seven years, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the National Center for Education Statistics.
According to the education statistics, therewere 35,632,000 Americans holding bachelor’s degrees from the age 25 to 64 in 2014. That number grows to 45,176,000 if you include those who are 20-24 and 65 years and older.
The BLS, which produces employment projections, calculates how many jobs will be added in the next 10 years with a breakdown by education level.
According to the BLS, there were 26,033,000 jobs that required a bachelor’s degree upon entry in 2012. That number is expected to grow to 29,176,700 jobs by 2022.
This means that the number of Americans who hold bachelor’s degrees now, in their working years, exceeds the number of jobs created by 2022 for bachelor’s degrees by 6,458,300.
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I wonder how many can read at an 8th grade level
ReplyDeleteAll I heard growing up was to do good in school and go to college to be able to get a good job and be successful. Affirmative action killed the job market and the need for educated Americans in the work place. In what world does it make sense to have to employee a certain amount of taxes instead of educated people? I'm serious here. Two people apply for a job. One is white and highly educated. The other is whatever race you wanna say and dumb as a brick bat. Please tell me how it makes sense to step up to the plate with the brick bat?
ReplyDeleteBachelor is a very appropriate term,because anyone without a job needs to remain single.
ReplyDeleteAnd Politicians are saying Elect Me and I will give everybody a FREE collage education.
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