Ditto for degrees from abroad.
Many of the college graduates I’ve interviewed over the years were functionally illiterate and/or borderline retarded.
Were many of them holders of STEM degrees?
Sure, among other things. I’ve probably interviewed people with about every degree imaginable and unless they were older or higher-level school graduates, they didn’t have the knowledge that a 9th grader had when we were in school. To think how much they’re charging these kids in tuition, it has to be the biggest racket I’ve ever seen.
I am somewhat puzzled by STEM degrees. Some of their disciplines sound like “imagineering”. OTOH, in comparison to crap degrees like Transgender Asian Studies being pushed out now, it makes them look competent.