I'm pretty sure there's an entire generation (or two) of parents who beat into their children's heads that if they didn't get a degree they wouldn't amount to a

I'm pretty sure there's an entire generation (or two) of parents who beat into their children's heads that if they didn't get a degree they wouldn't amount to anything. Also, see: credentialism. So yes, for many people there is a belief that the only jobs for the un-universitied are garbage collection and scrubbing toilets.