Is a College Degree Worth It Anymore? (& What Might Be Better) With Degree Free

Episode Highlights With Degree Free

• The shocking data around college now, and how many jobs actually require a degree
• What has shifted in the last couple of decades, and why new data is important to consider
• Most people who are employed in the US do not have college degrees
• Less than one in five jobs even mention a degree as preferred 
• How is this a simple supply and demand problem 
• The real deal with student loans and the college industrial complex 
• The Social cost of criticizing certain areas of society and why questions are important
• A large percentage of careers that require a degree are marketed to women
• Debt will close more doors than a degree will open
• Physicians have the highest suicide rates of any profession
• The most important career conversations to have with your teenager
• Why teens struggle to answer "What do you want to be?"
• Important reason not to ask or have these conversations with your teens in a public forum or even around other people
• Where the majority of jobs are that are outside of traditional degree jobs or even trade jobs
• Why college grads are actually having trouble getting jobs because they don’t have work experience
• College grads actually churn at a higher rate in jobs and are sometimes not considered because of their degrees
• The very real way having a college degree can now make getting a job more difficult 
• We are 11 years into the trend of companies down credentialing and not requiring degrees

Resources Mentioned

• Follow Hannah Maruyama on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and on X
• Degree Free website and podcast 
• Degree Free Way workbook set

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