live_tv
Livestream Starting Soon
00
Hours
:
00
Minutes
:
00
Seconds
Up next in 10
USA Bachelor's Degrees Are They Worth It | 12am News
Welcome to 12am News – your go-to source for fresh, informative content at midnight! We bring you daily updates on current events, world news, and intriguing facts, all tailored for a late-night audience. Stay informed with us – subscribe and hit the notification bell!"
#12amNews #DailyUpdates #StayInformed
Show More Show Less View Video Transcript
0:03
last year in the United States prices
0:05
went up and the average amount of money
0:08
a household makes was about $
0:11
74,75 us that's a bit less than the
0:15
previous year when we considered the
0:17
rising prices people often think that
0:20
going to college and getting a degree
0:23
will help them earn more money but the
0:25
latest information from the US Census
0:27
Bureau suggests that people with
0:30
bachelor's degrees might not be better
0:31
off than those without in 2022 the
0:35
median income for Americans with a
0:38
bachelor's degree was
0:42
$74,500 less than the average income for
0:46
all workers regardless of their
0:48
education however there are some
0:50
exceptions people with Bachelor degrees
0:53
in certain Fields earned more nationally
0:56
those with bachelor's degrees in
0:58
engineering earned the most in 222 with
1:00
a median income of $16,733.34
1:30
in general people with degrees in
1:32
science engineering and business earned
1:35
more than those with degrees in
1:38
education or Arts and
1:40
Humanities for example people with a
1:42
degree in the Visual and Performing Arts
1:44
earned the least with a median income of
1:47
$ 54,7 65 in 2022 which is almost half
1:52
of what engineering degree holders made
1:55
people with a bachelor's degree in
1:57
education had the second lowest median
2:00
income at
2:02
$57,900 followed by psychology at $ 62,1
2:07
36 us the data also showed differences
2:10
between men and women with bachelor's
2:13
degrees on average men with bachelor's
2:16
degrees earned much more with the
2:18
average income of $
2:20
9,298 in 2022 wom with the same level of
2:24
Education earned around $
2:28
63,360 engineering degrees earned the
2:31
most with a median income slightly
2:34
higher than the national average of
2:37
11,918 us though the degrees in
2:41
computers mathematics and statistics
2:42
were the second highest earners with an
2:44
average income of $1
2:47
5,269 us the third highest earning group
2:51
among men had bachelor's degrees in
2:54
physical and related Sciences with a
2:56
medium income of 94,5 180 for a woman no
3:01
field had a median income above
3:03
$100,000 the highest earners among women
3:06
had engineering degrees reporting a
3:09
Medan income of 91,4
3:12
71 those with degrees in computers
3:14
mathematics and statistics earned an
3:16
average income of 81,82
3:19
followed by those with degrees in
3:22
science and engineering related fields
3:24
at $
3:27
72,2 the lowest earn in field were
3:31
similar for both age groups for younger
3:33
Americans it was the Visual and
3:34
Performing Arts $50,605
3:40
1,67 and psychology $
3:43
5434 for older Americans it was
3:46
education
3:47
$61,900 us Visual and Performing Art
3:52
$624 and degrees categorized as other $
3:56
7,778 us even though degrees in Liberal
4:00
Arts and Sciences General Studies and
4:02
Humanities don't seem to offer High
4:05
earning potential they have been the
4:07
most popular fields in the United States
4:09
over the last decade according to data
4:12
from the national Center for Education
4:14
statistics this Fields had over
4:17
4,400 degrees completed in the 2020 to
4:21
2021 school year which is much more than
4:24
the second most popular field Health
4:26
Professions and related programs which
4:29
just over
4:31
181,000 degrees granted in the same year
4:34
engineering degrees and degrees in
4:36
computer and information sciences and
4:38
support services were among the least
4:41
common fields with around 487 and
4:45
34,100 degrees completed in each
4:48
respectively during the 2020 2021 school
4:51
year
#Jobs & Education
#Education
#Colleges & Universities
#Jobs
#Business News