re: Few TOPS recipients enrolled in associate degree programs needed for high paying jobs

lol someone’s jimmies are rustled.

40k here alone you are living close to or in the ghetto.

But use your little study as evidence. All good with me.

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lol someone’s jimmies are rustled.

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I don't get rustled by Pecker's slow little brother trying to big league people on the OT.

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Sounds like he just wants to gut the program and send everyone to Community College rather than 4-year University. I've never heard of a "well paying" job that prefers an associates to a bachelors.

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The key is, JOBS IN LOUISIANA.

A person with a 2 year AA degree in instrument tech is going to have a higher paying job in LA than a person with a 4 year BS degree in women's studies.

Lol man why you gotta bring my boy Pecker into this? You still mad about the mini van comment?

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Sounds like he just wants to gut the program and send everyone to Community College rather than 4-year University. I've never heard of a "well paying" job that prefers an associates to a bachelors.

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"Well paying" =/= OT Baller

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The median wage in the US per person is $26,695. ...66 percent of Americans earn less than $41,212.

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So if you make $42k you are in the top 1/3 of wage earners. That should qualify as "well paying".

The 4 year college degree has been oversold in this country. Not everyone is getting the technical skills degrees that lead to high end jobs. Many of these people getting the less economically attractive 4 year degrees could probably do better financially with some of the more technical skills 2 year degrees. But people go to 4 year colleges because that's what they've been told they should do after high school to get a good job.

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Following are 25 of the best paying jobs you can find that only require an associate’s degree level of education. All of these jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, pay an average of at least $45,000 annually and some over $70,000 annually.

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Compare that with this article pointing out the 31 worst paying 4 year degrees. Most start out in the mid $30k's and show mid career earnings in the $40k-$60k range. LINK

Sure you can find studies that tell you the average person with a 4 year degree earns $X more in their lifetime vs. a 2 year degree, but when you look at specifics and consider things like lower college costs and earning money 2 years earlier, the best 2 year degrees would definitely be better than the worst 4 year degrees for many people.

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Sure you can find studies that tell you the average person with a 4 year degree earns $X more in their lifetime vs. a 2 year degree,

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Also have remove the outliers when making these kinds of assessments.

When they say well paying being 40-50K they are talking about starting pay, not lifetime median earnings. There will be no shortage of new grads with 4 year degrees that would love to have any type job paying 40-50K.
Besides plant and instrumentation jobs, there are many large corporations that hire those with technical A.S. degrees for Field tech, and support positions, GE. Siemens, Philips, Hitachi, AT&T, Tessco all have tons of employees with A.S. degrees. In the research and manufacturing facilities of these companies there are probably 10-15 techs for every one 4 year degreed engineer.