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From my anecdotal evidence in grad school, this is largely true across many other engineering fields as well. I think some of it is driven by immigration polici
by blackguardx 11y ago
From my anecdotal evidence in grad school, this is largely true across many other engineering fields as well. I think some of it is driven by immigration policies and some by culture. A Ph.D. in the US doesn't get you as much respect these days as it used to. Other cultures place more value on higher education.
Also, in a lot of other countries, you can't do much with just an undergraduate degree.
- HLRoku 11y agoThis is pure speculation, but I think the devaluation on PhDs in America might have to do a lot with the large of influx of people in college just attending to "get a degree". I feel this made colleges more of a business than a place of learning with the large increase in revenues, and thus leading to PhDs and fields that aren't as respected or really don't have a basis for being around other than people are willing to pay for it.