Because employers have drunk the kool aid that a Bachelors Degree means you pop out fully trained and prepared to take the job and be productive day one, with no employer investment of time or money towards training required.
Yeah, I don’t buy it either. But they do.
I’ve heard that now that employers can’t give prospective employees an IQ test, they use college attendance details as a substitute.
In my experience, employers still do value the bachelor’s degree. It is a bit mystifying. But I don’t know if I see that changing in the near future.
I think it’s almost like, “everyone has a college degree so you must be a TOTAL loser if you don’t have one”.
As they say, college is the new high school.
And employers do want at least a high school “education”. So I guess that is sort of the reality.