Pay 50k to 200k for college then only get paid $44k a year to be a teacher /police officer. Good luck filling these jobs in the coming years.

As a HS Chemistry teacher, I see most of my students would prefer learning a trade rather than something they will never use. Dangling financially ruinous promises in front of students without offering true alternatives is cruel. Trade unions should step up with apprenticeship programs, and community colleges must do a better job at providing real trade skills programs. Too many young people enter sham/scam private trade ‘colleges’ only to end up in serious debt.

It’s too expensive, even for middle class families-$32k per semester to start off making $40k a year is a money pit!!

If you aren't in medicine or tech College is like a huge pile of burning money

Personally, as a college graduate if i had to redo it id rather have gone into trade school.

Of course! Who wants to be carrying crippling college loan debt for years? It's expensive just to eat and keep a roof over your head

I attended a top university to study Nursing when I was 18. I never finished and amounted a large some of debt. At the time, obtaining the degree was too difficult despite knowing if I was to complete the degree I’d be set financially and job security-wise. Now, I’m re-enrolling into community college with a focus on a degree that isn’t so demanding, while holding the likelihood of obtaining just as an in-demand job. They make these programs extremely difficult to complete and wonder why student opt out of completion.

Kids that are graduating now were raised by a generation buried in debt that experienced poor returns on their college "investment". Parental influence is probably a huge factor in enrollment dropping.

Most degrees are garbage and people are finally getting it.

An 18-year-old graduates high school and enters a trades program. In one year he is an aprentice and making 40k to 50k. By the end of four years he's earned - with raises - nearly 300k by the time he's 22 years old. An 18-year-old going to college for a liberal arts, degree, or any BA degree that is not a valuable trade...then finds that he/she needs a masters to get a job. Two years later and another 100k in debt, that person is 24 years old and 200k in debt. College is not worth it, if you are not going for a professional trade, such as lawyer or doctor. There are even inexpensive trade, certificate and two-year programs for nursing and business. Forget college and build a career -not debt.

Ok I’ll explain my story: I graduated college almost five years ago. I majored in Psychology. At the time that was what I wanted to do. Then my interests started to change. When I started looking for a job, all of these jobs required 2-5 years of experience. It was very difficult to find an entry level job. Now that I’ve been out of college for a while, my interests have changed and so have my views about colleges. If I can give anyone advice, I would say go to a trade school or community college. Go for something that is high in demand. Don’t get me wrong, I know people have 4 year degrees with jobs now which is great. However, this isn’t the case for everyone. I have more opinions about bachelors degrees and colleges in general but I’m going to keep these to myself.

Enrollments should continue to drop. "College" has turned into yet another obstacle to keep working class and poor from achieving wealth. It's not to obtain higher education, which leads to wealth. It's just another stop block for those who are not dripping in wealth.

Well lets see: College student's pay more tuition towards campus amenities, sports complexes, and administrative fee than for the actual education. Which matches a desire for college campus's to play "keeping up with the Jones's". At the same time there has been deeply inadequate regulation of the lending sector who gets away with letting mere 18 year old's take out $50-100K in debts. At the same time, student loans are somehow immune to bankruptcy which only incentivizes lenders to loan more as they don't need to weight the risk of a teenager's likelihood to repay that debt (they know it will follow them), which also incentivizes colleges to inflate tuition. At the same time, the mid-20th century wisdom that you need a degree to really succeed, no longer holds true. What you need is a specialization in a skill others will pay for. That's not always a degree and more often, it's a trade. And unless you're in a STEM field, how many graduates actually use their education? Make that return on investment even more meaningless... Because the costs have skyrocketed over the past two generations, it's no longer a good economic decision for a wide swath of young adults. Want that to change? Reign in costs, regulate lenders, allow for bankruptcy, and cut non-education bloat on campus. You know, actually make it economically viable again

Wait "fortunately" more women are graduating then men? Imagine if it was the reverse when she said that

Gee…Umm let’s see here, maybe it’s bc people don’t have money! 🙄🙄 This world is so far gone, just all the way around. Graduate with a bachelors it’s like a high school diploma. Get paid hardy anything. The whole system is messed up. Ridiculous.

I’m a Union Tradesman and most of our project management staff are college educated. They tell me that they learned absolutely nothing helpful in college as it applies to construction other then knowing how to put a spreadsheet together. 🤦‍♂️

I waited and worked for 6 years after high school before finally deciding going to college. I couldn't stand to do manual work so now I have a good paying office job!

Only degrees that I’ve seen with good salary and demand in the economy are Accounting,Finance, IT/Tech related degrees Engineering and healthcare/medicine anything else you’re wasting time and money.

I know many HVAC repairmen, welders, plumbers, electricians, etc making well in excess of 100K. College probably isn't the best fit for the majority of students coming out of high school.

Colleges have gotten too expensive. Many also started to see them being useless when some colleges started offering students a way to create their own degree.

Studies proving an higher income for having a degree no longer holds true.

European schools have really low tuition rates in comparison to many US universities. And many have a focus in academics, nothing else.

It took me 9 years to get a 4 year degree.

As a first year mechanical engineer major, I understand why people decide to drop out and/or just not decide to go to university. The overall competitiveness added in with pressure and stress may backfire. I still believe that if you do study engineering or medicine it is worth it since the benefits out weigh the cost. Having said all of that I would never go and sit through 4 years of Business School just to better understand how incentives work in our daily lives plus be in debt of at least 50k dollars.

America's in decline.

Men are generally not playing the game anymore and are more logical (cost vs. reward)!

College is too expensive in the US. The federal student loan program will lend hundreds of thousands of dollars to poor students that will never pay back the loans.

I literally dropped out of school, I’m 24 and already making 100k a year with good bonuses. School didn’t help me at all!

Kids can’t afford to attend!!

Go to community college. If you can’t do it, then the penalty won’t be as severe as a four year. If you can’t do it, then go down the street to the tech college and go into a trade. Just don’t get stuck at that retail or restaurant gig tho.

They are failing to mention that the first two years of college are a waste of time and money for most degrees. Students are forced to take liberal arts classes that don’t translate into a paying career before getting to take the classes that actually interest them or translate into money. Colleges have become indoctrination centers not education centers. If many of those employed by colleges had to do real work or justify their existence they would fail. Get rid of the classes that are a joke or at least don’t force students to have to take them and lower the costs and you’ll see the decline slow down. People are seeing higher education as a waste of time and money.

Like all these reports on how great college is, they failed to mention the trades where you can make a lot of money and live comfortably. A lot of trade unions offer apprenticeships where you get paid to work. Again, livable income.

It's a fairly simple answer: it's unaffordable.

The cost of tuition in community colleges is the reason for low enrollment?

Honestly good. We need more people in trades

Witnessing the displacement of traditional higher education (degree-issuing institutional bodies) with alternative education options in our lifetime is an excitement to behold! Consider improvements in low-cost/free online education such as the quality/variety of materials, instructors, sources and teaching methodologies. Now throw in improvements in technology (AI, 3D printing, robotics) and a more globalized network of independent learners. Fewer and fewer people will need to rely on universities to provide content, material and collaborators if they already have these at their fingertips from anywhere and at a small fraction of the cost. Unless the quality of a university education is somehow improving at a rate beyond its alternatives, outside of highly specialized skillsets the monetary value of university degrees will continue to decline as alternative options continue to expand and improve. Even research will be more publicly available at the cutting edge level - something once exclusive in large part to academia and organizations with deep pockets. Good for the public, not necessarily good for the gatekeepers 😁

Too costly & too dangerous! Bang bang!!

I still remember when college & universities were free . Now they cost 10 yrs of work to pay the debt..

This generation isn't going to college or the military. It's a new age.

Can't afford it.

It's unfortunate that this CBS News segment, including the invited guest interview, never mentioned the concept of 'supply and demand' and the concept of 'cost benefit analysis'. The news program did discuss the university/college education 'cost' issue but never touched on what the US job market is looking for what kind of University/College education specialties nor what the entry jobs paid salaries compared with the average 4 years student loans. Sad.

The primary reason for the rising tuition is the explosion of administrators and their support staff. Most colleges now employ far more non-faculty employees than faculty. The faculty who are hired to teach undergraduates are overwhelmingly (75%) adjunct who are paid below the poverty line with few or no benefits and no job security. The tenure track faculty tend to specialize in research, much of which no one reads. The readership on social science/humanities articles is on average just over four readers per article and in the natural sciences that figure is below one reader per article. While some research is useful and beneficial, the vast majority is simply busy work for tenure-track faculty. Then we have the move away from a traditional curriculum in the social sciences and humanities with an emphasis on preserving the intellectual traditions of the West and training students in critical thinking so that they can reason for themselves to the truth to radical Neo-Marxist indoctrination that denies the value of Western Civilization, evidence and reason and even the truth with a capital T.

If female enrollment was declining it would be the main story. Male enrollment declining...well that's no big deal. That answers why male, including Black male, enrollment is down...they're dropping out. The main reason males get a degree is to be a better provider but the marriage option, now even a relationship option, in the US is clearly not a good path for men. So, no need for a degree. Males are taking jobs that don't require a degree, investing, saving money so they can retire early, move to Brazil or SE Asia and then find a good wife and have his kids there in retirement. Offshoring marriage is increasing and a popular option for many men. Females on the other hand are getting advanced degrees, working their tails off, paying off massive college loans and enjoying their independent life. Everybody wins!

I think the decrease in college enrollment is a good thing. Too many people go to college and get a useless liberal arts degree and end up in debt with NO job skills.

Umm about 20% of men young to old are attending colleges and universities!

If college prices are as high as they are now, THEN LET THE SYSTEM BURN!

Advice for somebody don’t go to college without a guarenteed internship or apprenticeship otherwise your chances of finding a job fall to sub 20% sub 15% of employment statistics

You will always focus on black people why don't you focus on your own group

Shouldn't most college degrees be online at this point? I see no reason why an education should cost more than $8K a year. And smarter people are more likely to go college, so of course they are generally going to earn more. Correlation does not equal causation.

Enrolments are down?? We hear about “Big” Business, Big Gov’t, Big Tech, etc. but we never hear about “Big”Education…who’s student costs have gone up at more than double the rate of inflation over the past 30 years…go figure.

Trade school is far better than a college degree. Right now in 2023 degree is just a piece of paper in America no one cares anymore

It is all about the cost. Tuition is totally ridiculous now.

Applications at the highest rated 200 universities in the US have been increasing and were very high this year. It’s the lower Uni’s that must be having the problem.

Hating America is not profitable or marketable. Why pay for that kind of failed learning??

The one size fits all approach doesn’t work. Not every student should attend college; nor should every student attend a trade school. There are careers where college is necessary and if every student attends trade schools then you will have a glut of tradesmen driving down earnings.

The decline needs to continue until people can justify their earnings with the debt they will incur.

Higher education is great. But you still have to choose smartly. I graduated from a CC in 2011 with 28k worth of debt. I now make good money doing something I love, I have great benefits, and (due to my prior military service) will be earning a pension in 2 years. You don't have to be afraid of "book lernin" kids. You have to be afraid of yourself. Your level of motivation, ambition, and drive. As well as your decision making. Higher education is a good thing if you let it be.

Do we know which races have the largest drop?

It took me 7 years to go part-time to get my degree. The cost is really room and board, I was able to work and go to school. I went to a state university and majored in IT. I was bio-med and worked on medical devices for a blood bank. I would suggest if you want to get a degree that you couple it with a technology. For example, if you are into art, you might want to get a degree in graphics design and do your artwork on the side. Back in the beginning of the 20th century, colleges were created to produce well-rounded people, and schools after high school were only for the rich or ultra smart people. With the increase in tuition, you need an ROI when thinking about college. You will be drowning in debt if you do not think about this.

Nobody wants to pay all that debt with no chance of getting a job in the field they have studied for. College isn’t job training I had to drop out of grad school due to financial difficulties.

With nepotism, discrimination being high, diversity quota everywhere, woke education, high education, dilution of scholarship with sports quota student taking seats away from academically oriented students, dumbed down education and such are driving students away from colleges.

Why is this lady so fixated on race?

Hbcu enrollment are rising While pwi are declining Speak volumes

There is no solution to college cost other than the government picking up the tab. The increase in cost is due to salary and facilities. You want brilliant researchers and faculty with experience? You need to pay up or they go to the private sector. You want state of the art facilities (most do)? Your tuition dollars help fund that. There’s no ‘fix’ that doesn’t involve degrading the campus or the quality of staff, unfortunately.

This is so sad 😞

Have a plan to pay off your debt and choose the right major. The debt will not stop you from reaching your goal. Also, not everyone is cut out to be a college graduate, it’s a commitment even after graduation

Maybe people finally realize taking out student loans for your masters in Queer Theory isn't worth it.

When tuition is increasing, enrollment probably drops...

Berkeley was asking for $42,000 a year. My father laughed and walked away.

Hot take: trade jobs or skill work is quite limited due to the rise in technological advances in the last few decades. With the increase in enrollment to trade schools and a decrease in college admissions, it won't change most things in many americans everyday lives. Beside jobs such as in the justice system, political scientists, medical system and engineering which all required a high education. However, with few applications applying for med school every there could be an increase in death rates if there isnt a change in education regarding health.

If women graduate at a higher rate than men why is that a good thing shouldn’t they be both graduating at the same rate I think that’s what the host was getting it it’s interesting to see the social narrative being pushed by the reporter

How about they stop expecting 6 figures for a piece of paper that's maybe worth 4, if it's worth anything to job seekers? At this point, colleges should start proving their financial worth, instead of us students having to prove our academic worth.

A lot of Colleges are just leaning into being adult day cares and safe spaces versus a place where young adults gather to be challenged. We extended adolescence by 5 years and anticipate that if you’re not in college at 19 years old that you will probably just bum around for 4-5 years

Before committing to a major in college you need to ask yourself this question. "What skills will I have to offer a potential employer once I graduate?" If you can't think any, you need to rethink your major. I was fortunate that I went to community college studied Mechanical Engineering Technology and after graduating was offered a job as an Apprentice Machinist at GE. This was 1978 , I have never been unemployed and worked my way up to a very rewarding career. College is a great choice if you choose a right major.

Started by the policies of RWR in the 80's. His cutting of monies sent to states in revenue sharing tripled mine and my wife's tuitions at a state school. Cutting funds to states in order to fill rich/wealthy men's pockets increased costs to every state tax and agencies due to the legal demand to maintain federally mandated programs like MEDICAID, etal. Then he allowed those corporations he enriched to move their operations to China in leveraged buyouts. Men like Mike Milkin made $500+millions/yr sending jobs overseas leaving only service industry jobs that pay minimum wages. People like me, who took two degrees were left holding the bag. I don't know why 15mil are students when there won't be but 4mil jobs for college degrees when they graduate.

Let’s stop making students take general education courses that have nothing to do with their field of study. This will save them time and money.

Plus cost is a issue for less salary

It needs to. You don't need a degree to be a plumber, electrician, barber, HVAC, brick mason, pour concrete, build houses (carpenter), auto mechanic and etc. (yet) They all make 6 figures plus. Yea its work, so what.

Admissions offices have become recruiting offices

Was a non traditional student. I hit the ground running at 24, when I could file FASFA under my own income and was able to get financial grants. 4 year colleges seriously don’t get non traditional students at all. Until they do, they’ll continue to bite the toast.

0:39 She actually sprouted devil's horns. Don't trust her!

The hard-left indoctrination factories are struggling🎉

College is more expensive but that isn't the main problem. The main issue is you can learn nearly anything you could learn at a college online for free. Why go $50-100k or more in debt for something you can get online for free? At that point your paying for the piece of paper (degree) at the end and nothing else. Literally paying for an exclusive "you get to have a nicer job" ticket.

because they priced themselves out of the market.

WHY YOU THINK CHINA SAYS WE CANT JUST DEPEND ON THE INTERNET

Comments are more informative than any other article or video I’ve watched. 🤔

If college students are happy with no gym, fancy dorm, no recording, no advisors, etc., higher education can be affordable. In addition, positions and offices required because of government regulation pile on the tuition.

As a grad, College is a business' that doesn't guarantee a good job!!! only has value for some areas.

Put 50k into BTC & your set

You can’t afford the cost of living on financial aid for community college. You have time to only work not study.

Good, a 4 year degree is grossly overvalued.

Because you can get $20/hour to sling fast food. Why go through the effort and spend the money.

In the words of Turanga Leela, 21s century college has become expensive daycare.

Enrollment is mainly dropping because of demographics; there are fewer and fewer high school graduates in the USA.

Educational WOKE? 🤔

We’re going backwards in terms of education a slump

Best part at 0:40

Less people to compete with when I graduate.

Its better not to attend Wokeversity as 99 percent universities currently in us are wke.

People realize the costs of University/College is not worth it. Student debt has reached $1Trillion and students are taught by poorly paid adjunct professors. Most of the tuition/fees go to adminstrators and not to the teachers/professors. The U.S. has a lousy public education system which has been politicized and worsened with a lack of student discipline (due to poor and negligent parenting). Now their Universities are deteriorating. If this trend continues, the future for the U.S. is BLEAK and it will not be competitive with rapidly developed countries such as China. Unlike N. European countries where tuition is low and taxes are high, Americans do NOT see or value higher education as other countries and consider it "socialism". Very myopic. Whatever happened to low cost universities such as those in the 1950s/60s and the GI bill??