According to CNBC, it has become increasingly hard for college graduates to get jobs in our labour market. This is alarming to read as someone who is about to graduate, especially when Chief economist at Burning Glass institute Gad Levanon states that the U.S. is “no country for young grads”. Although the government shutdown is making it harder to read and predict precise trends, the data shows that the unemployment rate for new college graduates hit a nine year peak, the weakest it has been since 2009. This is the highest unemployment percentage for entry level jobs in decades.
Because of this, the article states that a bachelor's degree isn't delivering on its promises of access to white-collar jobs for the first time in modern history. Because this path is becoming increasingly less reliable, and with the rise of AI, many young people are being deterred from attending college which could result in a rapid decline of university enrollment in the coming years.
link to article: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/03/job-market-new-grads-unemployment.html
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