does a college degree always lead to a job?

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The thing is I don't think those people actually expect to make a lot of money...they just want to be able to support themselves.. Yeah, I know I'm not going to get a 70 grand/year job with my master's in political science/government, but geez can't I get a 30-35 grand/year job so I can support myself, move out of my parents' house, and not have to apply for SSDI?

Sure. Money is not that important, although very useful. I'm mainly talking about having some realizable goal. With a master in political science you'll surely find some interesting job. Like if someone study "history of arts", he should not just study it because he likes it. He should study it if he's confident that he will be able to use that degree for doing a job that he finds interesting (like managing gallery arts or something). That's what I meant.

Nope...been looking for almost two years now....the only job I can get is teaching ESL in Asia, which I may still do, but I just have some reservations.

In the U.S., unless you're going to major in accounting, engineering, or computer science, you're better off just going to work right out of high school. I know that's what I should have done.

I have more or less decided I want to focus on psychology and sociology...maybe more sociology, but I do like both. I have no idea if that will get me a job.....but I like to learn about these things. I am more intrested in trying to maybe do something about some of the problems going on and learning how people work is very helpful for that. I don't care about making a profit, yes I would like to have enough income to live on but that is about it.

[quote="Sweetleaf"], yes I would like to have enough income to live on but that is about it.[/quote

Well, I can't get that. I was rejected for SSDI on the basis of my education, which makes no sense since employers don't care about it. I hope I get to mention that in the course of my appeal.