“If you’re going to be employed by corporate America, you really need to have a desirable degree as in chemistry, engineering, data services.”
I don’t disagree with that, but the majority of those I know with degrees, have not leveraged those sheepskins into high paying corporate careers.
It goes without saying that, the edumacated fools I know, all have degrees in so-called ‘soft’ subjects.
I've never made big money but have a comfortable salary and only have a two year degree, but got lucky and worked my way from entry level to mid level management. But I've been shut out of a lot of opportunities since I don't have a 4 year sheepskin.
Sometimes you can have a college degree and get pigeonholed into a low paying job because you took anything early on and got stuck in that type of career.