There's a discrete jump in the career value of the education between not quite finishing a degree and graduating. It's not because there's some super important

There's a discrete jump in the career value of the education between not quite finishing a degree and graduating. It's not because there's some super important final semester that's worth much more than any of the previous ones. It's no doubt because it signals some quality like conscientiousness, or perhaps is just easier for an employer to evaluate the meaning of.