# Does a 4 year college degree matter wrt future earning potential? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [December 2, 2024, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-4-year-college-degree-matter-wrt-future-earning-potential/1011043 "2024-12-02T02:02:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 21
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-4-year-college-degree-matter-wrt-future-earning-potential/1011043/21 "2024-12-02T12:52:37Z")
Here’s a thread from a few months ago on _almost_ the same topic. Our OP might enjoy reading it: > [@Most Useful Four-Year Degree?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-useful-four-year-degree/1003809): > > I am getting to that stage of life where younger people occasionally ask for advice. They are generally people who don’t know me.too well but I will take what I can get! Anyway, it got me thinking-what would be the best four-year degree in terms of a stable, decently-paying post-college job? Let’s assume our prospective student has no intention of going to grad school, law school or med school-this degree will be it for them. Also assume they are open to science, business, social work-whatever i… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-4-year-college-degree-matter-wrt-future-earning-potential/1011043)._