This phenomenon is called degree inflation there's been a bunch of articles about it, such as https://www.forbes.com/sites/prestoncooper2/2018/01/08/employers-

This phenomenon is called degree inflation there's been a bunch of articles about it, such as https://www.forbes.com/sites/prestoncooper2/2018/01/08/employers-demanding-college-degrees-weaken-the-economy/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/prestoncooper2/2018/01/08/emplo... As far as software being able to judge people's aptitude... this is certainly interesting and I'm pretty sure I know some startups dabbling in it. The general problem though is hard - it's basically automating interviewing in some form. Which is easier if you let humans' write the questions & evaluation methods, but of course is then only as good as what you are screening for.