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Depends on what you do in college and what you want to do with your career. There are certain fields that you need a degree in. I don't think I would be where I am today without having gone to college and getting my degree. I also think the social aspect was very important for me to develop socialization skills but I was a late bloomer and needed that. College is not for everyone though.

I also think it depends. It's worth it if you make the most of it. For me, neither of my parents went to college. Much like @jesslc, I completely agree that college allowed me to be exposed to many different social graces and mature socially as well. It exposed me to so many different genres of education, and I feel like I can go to a social event and have a good conversation with others because I have been educated.

For me, it was worth it because I have my teaching license and even though I plan on staying home I will keep it current to have it to fall back on should I need to.

That being said..I don't think college is absolutely always necessary. I think it's possible to get a "good" job without a degree. I do think it's easier for men than women though.

For me, it was definitely worth it - both professionally and socially. I was lucky, always knew what I wante to do, needed a degree to do it, and picked a school with a huge internship program to get my foot in the door. I also think it was a great way for me to become an adult, meet tons of new people and grow as a person!

Its worth it to me both because I'm using my degree and because of the experiences I gained. HOWEVER, its extremely frustrating to deal with student loans when I'm a pre-k teacher (aka will never make much more $/year than my student loan amount). Ugh!

I think it depends on what you want to do with your life. But really, who knows that at 18? I think I'd like to be a SAHM one day, but I don't regret going to college at all and certainly don't think it's a waste. I say that because I loved school.

It totally 100% depends on the person!

For me personally, if I were growing up now I'd probably skip college. But that's just because it's gotten so much easier to start websites. Back in the 90s, I really needed college to do what I do now.

Honestly, not where I am at currently, I went to a very expensive school (almost 40k a year) and have a lot of student loans. Currently, I am staying at home with our daughter and I really have no idea when I am going to go back to work. The last job I had I was managing a wine bar...something I could have done without a degree. My DH, on the other hand, went straight into the work force after high school and now makes a lot of money, and has the opportunity for a promotion every two years. He will probably work for this company for the rest of his life.

I think it is pretty ridiculous that my DH, who skipped college, is making enough money to pay for our house, all our bills, AND MY student loans, where if I applied for a job in my field/degree I would probably end up with an entry level position making 30k a year.

You don't HAVE to have it to be successful, but my daughter WILL get a degree regardless. Better to say you have one than not in my personal opinion.

I know plenty of degree holding people without jobs right now, so it seems worthless but it's not. We're in a recession. I know a few people without degrees making money and they work at places like Geico and the like.

Not really, but we all need that exp piece of paper to get our foot in the door somewhere, unfortunately~

@yoursilverlining: I don't think the courses I took helped me start a business? College was helpful in other ways, but not the coursework is really helpful for being an entrepreneur.

I'm glad I got my degree, but I'm not sure if the Ivy price tag was worth it. I probably would have been just as well off with a degree from a less expensive school. I definitely wouldn't make my son go to college if he had some other career goal.

For me, it was totally worth it. My field is pretty specialized and normally requires a masters so there is no way I could do what I do without a degree.

In my last two positions, I've replaced someone who did NOT have a degree and the position was much lower paid than what I make. Both times I've been told what a huge difference it made to have someone to have the proper educational background in that position (I work in policy and compliance).

My field also had quite a few part-time options that are fairly well paid, in case I ever want to go that route.