I graduated in 1981 with a degree in Business Computer Programming.
Selling microcomputers for two months was my unemployed period before landing my first programming job.
I work for Ivy Tech Community College, Indiana’s statewide community college. I manage the Industrial Technology Program and Machine Tool Technology Program for my region. A survey of 2014’s graduates (two year program) showed an average annual income of over $90,000. Statewide these programs averaged over $73,000 annual income.
It is a rare week that we don’t receive a call from a business looking to hire a graduate.
The problem is not a college education. It is an education in the wrong field.