[USNBandit]

I don't think college as a whole is overrated. I think it is overpriced through a system that financially supports academics in a life of leisure and luxury. It has been built so they can sit around and think "big things" instead of teach. My father was a college professor and was never popular with his peers because he loved to teach and didn't care about getting published.

There are also a lot of ways to blow a lot in tuition and not learn anything that will get you a job. How many English majors do we really need in this economy?

I use the things I learned in my engineering and math courses at my present job, even though it isn't an engineering and math job. As soon as there is a technical issue at work, I am the first person they call for help.

[OldArmy52]

College is over-rated mainly in that the first two years of a 4 year degree is “general education” and only the last two years are for the “major”. And that it is very hard to guess what major will be in job demand upon graduation.

My first B.S. major was a waste as the field that was crying out for that subject area when I started, was glutted by the time I graduated. My sister’s English B.A. of course was a waste as it did not generate job offers, other than the Peace Corps.

I should have become a plumber or a politician as they get the big bucks for dealing in sleaze.