Degree Value Quotes

Listen, here's the thing about an English degree - if you sat somebody down and asked them to make a list of the writers they admire over the last hundred years, see how many of them got a degree in English.

A college degree is the key to realizing the American dream, well worth the financial sacrifice because it is supposed to open the door to a world of opportunity.

It will be readily admitted, that a degree conferred by an university, ought to be a pledge to the public that he who holds it possesses a certain quantity of knowledge.

I think people are realizing that engineering and science are extremely good degrees to get and you'll be very highly paid once you've got them.

It seems everyone knows a college degree is important, but few have a plan to keep it affordable.

Even getting a college degree does not guarantee a minimal knowledge of U.S. history.

I think if you have to pay for your education, you worry very seriously about you're going to do when you've got your degree.

If you play college sports, it's not like you have to - the next step in your career is another sport. You don't have to go into another sport. If you play college sports, you obviously graduated with a degree.

A man's college and university degrees mean nothing to me until I see what he is able to do with them.

A psychology degree doesn't get you very far.

We should make sure that unscrupulous schools do not prey on uninformed students, leaving them with high debt and useless degrees.

Better degrees don't automatically translate into better skills and better jobs and better lives.

When you graduate and come out with a degree in drama, that doesn't mean you're skilled and you're a professional.

It can be a real blow to our egos when we feel as if our hard-earned degrees don't matter as much as our ability to get the morning coffee orders right.

Upper education used to open doors. Not so true anymore. The degree used to be a screening tool, but that is falling by the wayside as there are a glut of college grads on the market.

I really enjoyed my degree. But there's so many people I went to uni with that didn't.

The cost of college should never discourage anyone from going after a valuable degree.

I think the lie we've told people in the marketplace is that a degree gets you a job. A degree doesn't get you a job. What gets you a job is the ability to carry yourself into that room and shake a hand and look someone in the eye and have people skills. These are the things that cause people to become successful.

Reed College required a thesis for a Bachelor's degree. Normally a Bachelor's is sort of like being stamped 'Prime US Beef.' They just walk you through, hand out the diplomas and you fill in your name later on.

Even if you can afford the price of college, you cannot afford a worthless degree.

A college degree is not essential, but if you're already in college, and if it's at all possible, you should definitely try to finish. In college, you have a very supportive community right there, and it can give you opportunities to try out new things.