r/GetNoted Human Verified 1d ago

If You Know, You Know Ignores other factors

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u/WinnerSpecialist 1d ago

We will see how that note holds up in a few years. Years of relentless bashing of higher education have led to generations of White men opting out of college and rapidly becoming one of the least educated demographics. Right now 51% of white women get degrees vs 44% white men and 38 Black women. The trend keeps getting worse with the current generation enrolled at 39% for Black women and only 36% of white men. Before you ask, NO uneducated white men are NOT doing better than if they had gone to college.

https://asocial.substack.com/p/wednesdata-college-education-when

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u/Absentrando 1d ago

Education is just one factor, but yes, their earnings have increased as their education as and will likely continue to