A College Degree Not Worth What It Used To Be

Many people attend college each year in hopes to better themselves with education and to obtain a degree to help them get a good job, great pay, benefits, and other assets so that they may live comfortable. A degree used to be a ladder to help achieve those dreams. Is it now worth the same with the economy in it's terrible downfall? For Chris Boothe, a 2009 graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi, a degree has not been that ladder for him to achieve those goals, well not just yet. Boothe has been searching for a job since he graduated and has had no luck. Many jobs willing to pay just above minimum wage even with a degree, and many companies not hiring. " I thought a degree would be a sure ticket to getting a job with great benefits, but it isn't that easy," said Boothe. Boothe just recently found a job in Jackson,MS after nearly 2 years of searching.