Because the world is changing rapidly, and many jobs rely on new technology, more jobs require education beyond high school. With a college education, you will have more jobs from which to choose. John G. Ramsay, a professor said, the credentials you gain with a college education are about setting yourself apart, being employable, becoming a candidate for a job with a future. Weak credentials can be painful reminders of a string of misfortunes: poor advice, money problems, bad decisions, and wasted time.
For each degree obtained in specialized field weather it being masters a ph d or however far someone would like to go. The more you know about the field the more doors open and opportunities are available to them. Although some police departments require a bachelor's degree to even apply for a position in the department, especially an officer of the law. I know once I get finished with the degree, the doors will open and I can have the freedom to know I can look in other areas of the criminal justice field to work not just law enforcement. The ones who chose to work a minimum wage paying job, don't realize what they could have done with a degree, but they do know the value of the degree now. If you obtain a degree, the doors will open in the field such as, positions could be held in juvenile probations or adult probations work the way up the ladder and go for the F.B.I. or even work in forensic science to help solve the crime. .
Even if the degree is not in the same field, more opportunities are still available than when you didn't have a degree. Questioning whether you should attend college or not, here are some reasons why I say go. You will have a better quality of life, also will have the power to change the world and it will make you a more prosperous person for the nation as well as the trend toward multiple jobs and even multiple careers and higher education prepares you to make the different changes to new fields.
