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Another problem with this data is that it doesn't show percentages of college educated people, the total number of people in employment with college degrees has

• randomdata 14y ago
  About 50% of the working population have some kind of post-secondary education, including community college diplomas and apprenticeships. Roughly 50% of that group (or 25% of the total working population) have a college degree. > The right metric is to look at percentage unemployment in each of these segments I would take it even further and break up the high school or less demographic. Someone who could obtain a degree, but chose not to/was unable to attend college is not at all like someone who has no chance of graduating no matter what the circumstances. They really shouldn't be lumped together if we are trying to promote the business benefits of attending college. If you have the opportunity to go to college, you have already demonstrated characteristics that are appealing to employers that are not present in the rest of the demographic. Due to the presentation, it is not clear in any way if college actually add any additional value or if those people would have achieved the same results regardless.