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If you live in the affluent suburbs and have a professional job you would rarely meet anyone who didn't. Even if only 20% had one nationwide.
True. I was raised in an affluent suburb of NY (Long Island) Even the less affluent among us felt pressure to attend college. I am glad, because my parents were not that pushy about college.
The last time we lived on the Island it seemed as though all of our friends, neighbors, children's friends parents had at least BAs.
City Data stats put it at something like 50%. This was in a burb where "starter houses" began in the 300s.
The latest stats I have seen put it at about 30%. Nation wide.
The ones who don't are boomers and/or seniors who were able to simply pull up their pants up to their belly buttons, stroll into some random industrial plant and get hired on the spot, right after high school.
For those under 30, the % with bachelor's degrees is probably closer to 95% (my guess, since of all the people under 30 I know, only 2 don't have 4 year degrees).
Probably due to the amount of self-selection involved in the cohort with which you surround yourself. Just because you mainly associate with people who have four-year degrees doesn't mean that your particular peer group is statistically representative of national norms. When I taught, I mostly hung out with other teachers and related service providers (SLPs, OTs, PTs, etc.)...all of whom obviously had at least bachelor's degrees, if not continued degrees. That doesn't mean that MOST people have those degrees, just because that's mainly who I associated with.
And 30% nationwide is much closer to the statistic I typically see associated with his data...not 40%.
Spend some time in the rural areas in the outskirts of whatever metro area you're in, and you'll most likely notice the number of bachelors degree holders drop off dramatically.
Its called selection bias, if you don't understand it I question how you received a BS/BA
No kidding. My mom's side of the family in the Appalachian foothills considers a HS diploma a terminal degree, as well as a significant academic distinction that a lot of the clan does not have.
The ones who don't are boomers and/or seniors who were able to simply pull up their pants up to their belly buttons, stroll into some random industrial plant and get hired on the spot, right after high school.
For those under 30, the % with bachelor's degrees is probably closer to 95% (my guess, since of all the people under 30 I know, only 2 don't have 4 year degrees).
You can't honestly believe that 95% of people under 30 have a degree.
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