I’ll be discussing if college is still worth it for someone that has a clear career path where a degree isn’t required. It’s a question that was inspired from a question left in the comment section of a previous post that dropped earlier.
We’re gonna hopefully gain some more clarity on what college actually does for the prospective student. Even the post college grad that’s finding themselves reflecting on if all the money they spent on it was really worth it.
Is College Worth It If You Believe Your Career Path Doesn’t Require a Degree?
College is absolutely still worth it if your career path doesn’t require a degree. Being someone that’s people driven allows experiences in themselves at least match the price of whatever the cost is or even make it more valuable than what you would earn elsewhere. This line of thinking only works if you have a sense of humanity and care for people you likely will have to co-exist with at some point in your life.
Is having a degree better than not having one?
Having a degree is absolutely better than not having one. I got one and feel way more seasoned than the rest of my peers that didn’t go. That includes the ones that didn’t finish getting their degree either.
I could be objective and try to speak in a way that pleases everyone on both sides, but it’s just an opinion I stand firm on. There’s a lot that finishing what it took to get that degree says to me. It’s telling that you’re able to remain consistent with following your course until the job’s done.
That’s not to be applied with people who just flat out decided not to go. They actually have more of my respect because they’re more sure of themselves than the others that was only testing the waters. I’m probably sounding harsh with this opinion, but it’s honesty that’s really needed.
And degrees qualify you for positions that others without them likely wouldn’t even get.
Does Going to College Make Financial Sense Anymore?
College can still make financial sense if you get a grasp on financial literacy before you go. That means it’s going to make sense if you get into the habit of finding ways to fund activities and projects that would be outside what you would’ve earned with just a basic allowance or anything close to that.
We usually justify buying plenty of things that if broken down we can prove to ourselves that we could’ve went without it. That’s actually why I’m so positive that we can find the money to attend college if our desire to go is there.
We’re gonna make sense of the things that we really want to make work in our lives. There’s plenty of resources that’s able to be tapped into that makes college even more realistic of an option. Again, you have to subscribe to the same train of thought that I have to make it a logical choice: remaining people oriented.
Is College Worth It for You?
College is worth it for me up to this point because I’m able to be satisfied with what I paid for as soon as I graduated.
Because I went there with being a student athlete at the fore front of my mind, and I was so dedicated to success in my sport, it made every experience with it feel worth whatever college was going to cost me.
That’s not gonna be something that works for everybody else, but it could be very well relatable to a good majority of students still in school that’s at least considering the college route.
Is a College Education Still Worth It?
A college education is still worth it. That’s the case because it’s doing learning with training wheels in a way. I just don’t have enough confidence in the rest of the world to be self driven enough to learn things on their own yet.
You can absolutely learn things on your own at a college level, but there’s nothing like getting access to the professional tools and in person resources to help steer your journey of learning what interests you at a world class level in most cases.
Final Thoughts
College is absolutely worth it for someone that even feels like they have a career set in a place that doesn’t need a degree. Consider the fact that it’s a hub for networking if anything.
You’re going to make connections with people that are going to go in all these different directions and you’re gonna learn to collaborate with them at the very least. Whether it’s learning how to live together in a space that you’ve just got acclimated to or meet deadlines together.
That’s something you don’t always get a chance to actively learn and try to get better at otherwise.