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"Not all graduates face such dire straits. Those with in-demand degrees in areas such as engineering, information technology and nursing enjoy much brighter job prospects. ... Kevin Davis, who earned an electrical engineering degree from the University of Texas at Austin, had three job offers before he graduated in May. He took a job with Toshiba in Houston....John Hollman will graduate from Austin Community College in December with a two-year associate degree in nursing. The San Antonio native already has two job offers, ... Psychology, for example, is the third-most-popular four-year degree in Texas and one of the fastest growing, .... More than 5,000 people graduated from Texas colleges and universities with bachelor's degrees in psychology in 2010, she said, to compete for four job openings in the field, with an annual salary of $22,000. ... Conversely, Texas colleges graduated far fewer engineers than psychology majors in 2010 — just 271 petroleum engineers, according to Workforce Solutions Alamo, and demand far outstrips supply, especially as the Eagle Ford Shale continues to boom....Starting pay for petroleum engineers averages $85,000, Esquivel said. For the 405 chemical engineers who graduated in 2010, it's about $60,000."

Obtaining a degree that there would be some demand for (and an $85k starting salary) might require some work and spending a few weekends in the lab and library, and not spending weekends with drugs, alcohol and using those "free" contraceptives from Obama.

Proof positive that a college education can't make anyone use common sense.

Obtaining a degree that there would be some demand for (and an $85k starting salary) might require some work and spending a few weekends in the lab and library..

Or for late bloomers like me who finished up a military career, got a job, and paying my own way through college. It means a lot of very late nights, no weekends with the grandkids, and one very testy wife. (She says the light in the dinning room keeps her awake at night). Math isn't my forte, but I've got six more upper level math classes to go for that EE degree. I keep listening to that Miley Cyrus song "The Climb" and think to myself; Yep, that's me.