In some businesses a prerequisite, for a promotion is that you have some type of degree related to that business. .
Sometimes there is a disadvantage of having a college education depending on the geographical location of where you live. For instance, some small towns, that don't have many businesses, have the same people that have been working for them for years, without a college degree. If a young person who just got out of college tried to get a job, they may be discriminated against because of their higher education. These employers may see them as a threat because they would want to get paid more, or they may think that person might take their job. Some get left behind and some get chosen. Then you have your prominent small towns, where they only want college educated people, to be doctors, lawyers, or someone with a higher education to continue running the family business. Most of the time, it is better to go to the bigger cities where people with a college education have preference and are usually paid at a higher rate, due to the competitiveness of the job market.
Some people just want a college education to fulfill their need of learning. They need to learn as much as they can on a wide variety of subjects. Some people are addicted to learning and without the continuing education; it leaves them feeling like there is something missing from their lives. There are people that go for many degrees on end and never go into the career that they went to school for, but just to have that piece of paper in their hand is more valuable. But to have that knowledge is more fulfilling then anything, to accomplish something that high. Others may have grown up in poverty and want a college education and thus will value it more then others. The case may be that no one in there family went to college or even finished high school. Just to make something more of themselves and that is what they feel is the real value of a college education.
