Large majority of Americans - 4 year degree not worth it

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If you want to work for a defense contractor like Electric Boat in Groton Connecticut a 4 year STEM degree can have a very good cost/benefit ratio. They may even pay for it.

and if you are a school leaver and you have parental support, then unpaid internships in highly lucrative employment sectors gives you a foot in the door. A lot of universities in Australia offer undergrads work placements.
A few years of financial pain can yield a very meaningful graduate career.

But of course undergrads use up free time working in low paid unskilled jobs like McDonalds and blowing money on parties and clothes. they then graduate and wonder why they cant land a job interview.

I'm actually glad I was never allowed to go to college after I graduated high school. I don't see the point in going into debt like my Mom did just to listen to professors try to convince me that Mao Zedong was a feminist.

Seems like there's a buncha different factors at play here.

Which college is the degree from? There are good schools, and there are degree mills.

What is the field of the degree? Math and science? Or 16th century french literature?

By what criteria did you select your field?

In what way do you plan to leverage your degree?

Are you actually any good at your chosen field? Not academically, but practically. Can you actually do the job in the real world? Can you do it well?

Are you good at anything other than your specific field?

Do you have experience in your field? Or do you only have the degree?

The answers to these questions will have a great deal to do with whether or not a degree is worth pursuing.

A 4 year degree with zero years of any experience isn't worth as much as one might think.

Getting multiple degrees is the biggest mistake of my adult life.