Nearly half of Gen Z and millennials say college was a waste of money—AI has already made degrees obsolete

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• College graduates are calling their degrees worthless. According to new data from Indeed, piling student loans and fears of AI reshaping the workplace are to blame. While experts say higher education is still important, Gen Z should constantly prioritize “upgrading their toolkit” to be successful.

College is often advertised as the best four years of one’s life, but many Americans now have regrets.