Accorrding to Eurostat, tertiary degrees are doctoral, master’s, bachelor’s or equivalent level degrees. Also included are so called short-cycle tertiary degrees (e.g., associate degree, university diploma and university certificate).
The exact definition of tertiary education by country can be found here: https://circabc.europa.eu/ui/group/d14c857a-601d-438a-b878-4b4cebd0e10f/library/dd8bc71d-ca3c-4c92-8a60-e44d723e9dc8?p=1&n=10&sort=modified_DESC
Legit question: why does everyone need a university degree?
I see a pattern for the lowest regions here…
But it’s also interesting that capitals, where their data is available separately from the rest of the state, seem to consistently have higher percentages. Seems likely that it’s mostly local high-tech industries attracting graduates, especially given that this effect, while present, is weaker in Germany, where industry is somewhat less clustered around the capital, compared to for example France, where figuratively. everything is in and around Paris.
I’m actually pretty surprised at the percentage in Italy, I guess they are more poor of a country in general but punch above their weight culturally that I forget
London 💪💪💪
For some reason I thought university was cheap/widespread in Romania. Is there any particular reason why it seems like relatively few have opted to go to uni?
Now do the US.
Really proud to see Ireland in excess of 55%. In Ireland I paid €190 per year to attended the top university and was given €220 euro a week to support myself. I am now a professional healthcare worker. This degree brought me from earning €18000 per year as an unskilled worker to €55000. Praise educational policies in Ireland.
I think there needs to be a balance of people who get degrees and those who go into more manual jobs. In Ireland we have such an absence of plumbers/electricians and so on because a lot of us were told that we “need” a degree to do anything, which isn’t true but the country has twisted itself in a way that the situation is becoming like so. Also those manual jobs I mentioned pay quite well and are necessary to society.
Lots of people with humanities and even generic science/biology degrees are getting lumped into the retail or hospitality industry. At this stage because of that a lot of us ultimately have to do masters because the competition in fields that require degrees is so extensive.
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But, but…
I don’t have a tertiary degree. My degree is in logistics.
Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/EDAT_LFSE_04/default/table?lang=en
Accorrding to Eurostat, tertiary degrees are doctoral, master’s, bachelor’s or equivalent level degrees. Also included are so called short-cycle tertiary degrees (e.g., associate degree, university diploma and university certificate).
The exact definition of tertiary education by country can be found here: https://circabc.europa.eu/ui/group/d14c857a-601d-438a-b878-4b4cebd0e10f/library/dd8bc71d-ca3c-4c92-8a60-e44d723e9dc8?p=1&n=10&sort=modified_DESC
Legit question: why does everyone need a university degree?
I see a pattern for the lowest regions here…
But it’s also interesting that capitals, where their data is available separately from the rest of the state, seem to consistently have higher percentages. Seems likely that it’s mostly local high-tech industries attracting graduates, especially given that this effect, while present, is weaker in Germany, where industry is somewhat less clustered around the capital, compared to for example France, where figuratively. everything is in and around Paris.
I’m actually pretty surprised at the percentage in Italy, I guess they are more poor of a country in general but punch above their weight culturally that I forget
London 💪💪💪
For some reason I thought university was cheap/widespread in Romania. Is there any particular reason why it seems like relatively few have opted to go to uni?
Now do the US.
Really proud to see Ireland in excess of 55%. In Ireland I paid €190 per year to attended the top university and was given €220 euro a week to support myself. I am now a professional healthcare worker. This degree brought me from earning €18000 per year as an unskilled worker to €55000. Praise educational policies in Ireland.
I think there needs to be a balance of people who get degrees and those who go into more manual jobs. In Ireland we have such an absence of plumbers/electricians and so on because a lot of us were told that we “need” a degree to do anything, which isn’t true but the country has twisted itself in a way that the situation is becoming like so. Also those manual jobs I mentioned pay quite well and are necessary to society.
Lots of people with humanities and even generic science/biology degrees are getting lumped into the retail or hospitality industry. At this stage because of that a lot of us ultimately have to do masters because the competition in fields that require degrees is so extensive.