{"id":67732,"date":"2025-08-14T13:35:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T13:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/67732\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T13:35:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T13:35:06","slug":"college-debt-no-job-why-degrees-dont-guarantee-employment-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/67732\/","title":{"rendered":"College debt, no job: Why degrees don&#8217;t guarantee employment in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recent data shows their unemployment rates have risen to nearly 6%, matching those without degrees.<\/p>\n<p>CHARLOTTE, N.C. \u2014 A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcnc.com\/education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">college degree<\/a> has long been seen as the ticket to a good job \u2014 but for many young men, that promise is slipping away.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/business\/economy\/young-men-struggling-slowing-job-market-college-degree-rcna224482\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Young men with college degrees are struggling<\/a> in today&#8217;s job market. Recent data shows their unemployment rates have risen to nearly 6%, matching those without degrees.<\/p>\n<p>Entry-level hiring has slowed sharply. Jobs in tech, finance and business services \u2014 fields that typically employ new grads \u2014 have dropped significantly.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, women \u2014 especially Gen Z women \u2014 are doing comparatively better. They dominate growing sectors like health care, education and hospitality.<\/p>\n<p>Studies also point to a broader shift: degrees may no longer offer the same job advantage they once did. Employers are increasingly valuing in-demand skills and experience over credentials.<\/p>\n<p>The result? A generation entering the labor force is facing fewer opportunities and a diminishing payoff from a college education.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcnc.com\/appredirect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" id=\"isPasted\">For the latest breaking news, weather and traffic alerts that impact you from WCNC Charlotte, download the WCNC Charlotte mobile app and enable push notifications.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                                    &#13;\n                                <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Recent data shows their unemployment rates have risen to nearly 6%, matching those without degrees. CHARLOTTE, N.C. \u2014&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67733,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[64,63,99,180],"class_list":{"0":"post-67732","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jobs","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-business","11":"tag-jobs"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}