Is a college education the best path to a job or career?

Only one-third of employers say that college graduates are prepared to succeed in entry-level positions at their companies

• Going to classes - showing up, collaborating with others like lab partners.
• Preparing for tests - building a product, project or idea.
• Taking tests - proving you actually got what they were saying.
• Determination - you had a goal and cared about something for a period of time.

Associates degrees only take 2 years, are available at very low cost or for free and count as credit towards a bachelors degree.
•  In some states the average first-year earnings of associate’s degree graduates are higher than the earnings of bachelor’s degree recipients.
•  In Texas graduates with technical associate’s degrees earn in excess of $11,000 more in the first year after graduation than do other bachelor’s graduates statewide.
•  In Colorado, graduates with associate of applied sciences degrees out-earn bachelor’s degree graduates by over $7,000 statewide. •  Its really because technical skills are in a higher demand.
•  On non technical transfer oriented path its not as good.
•  The biggest gaps are in Texas, where over $30,000 separates the two types of associate’s graduates.
•  Any degree actually proves you could complete a complex project.

Certificates cost less than associate degrees and promise success.
•  Certificates of longer duration (1 to 2 years) may represent a viable alternative to an associate’s degree.
•  In Texas, certificate holders earn almost $15,000 more on average than graduates of academic associate’s programs, but about $15,000 less than students with technical ass