Establishing a Value for a College Education

When I was working on my MA in philosophy (at my father’s expense), his friends used to kid him, “Hey, Craig.  What’s the job market looking like for professional philosophers?”

Seriously, two points:

It’s both annoying and amazing that people equate the value of a college degree with career earnings.  Maybe this is because it’s the only benefit that can be easily quantified, but it could be argued that better educated people have fuller lives.

On the other side of the coin, anyone who looks down on trade workers is simply mean.