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phdoofus t1_iydpasx wrote
Also, people physically leaving a place does not mean they are no longer working their job located in that place.
GherkinEnthusiast t1_iydqks0 wrote
Is overeducated code for 'not enough people to do undesirable, low-paying jobs'?
Ven18 t1_iydqj1f wrote
Particularly with how prevalent remote work has gotten in just a few years.
Schadrach t1_iye6hdu wrote
This could be a part of it. The brightest blue states on the chart tend to be places with relatively low cost of living vs California at the opposite end of that scale. Getting paid a SF or LA area salary while living in WV or WY will make that money stretch a lot farther.
refreshing_username t1_iydtj8y wrote
Yeah...the variations here would probably be mostly noise in a statistical trend if you looked over a longer time frame.
SciFiPi t1_iydrd7l wrote
WV also has incentive programs to lure people to the state, to the tune of ~$20k. It's not the only state doing this.
Schadrach t1_iye4b4v wrote
WV paid for my college to get me to stay there, work commitment of 1 year per semester they paid for, had to maintain a certain GPA, and it had to be a state funded college. Failure to meet the work commitment would have made it convert to a loan at the highest rate of any federally backed student loan at that time. With those caveats it was essentially a full ride.
MarinaDelRey1 t1_iydsd0u wrote
One year is way too small of a sample size. Everyone knows that California has been losing residents to other states for nearly two decades. What is often missed in the anti-California rhetoric is that there has consistently been a net inward migration of individuals with $50,000+ household income and at least a college degree. It has been the low-income, uneducated residents leaving the state. I’m guessing Covid was an outlier year and that the trend of highly educated, high income earnings flocking to California continues
nofftastic t1_iydthz4 wrote
The only conclusion that can be reached is OP cherry picked data to intentionally misrepresent educational trends. By their own source, the percentage of bachelor degrees has trended upward over the last 15 years.
rosetechnology OP t1_iyduuxc wrote
Here's all of the US since 2008
HarlanCulpepper t1_iydr05f wrote
Am I interpreting this wrong? This seems like an insignificant change.
nofftastic t1_iydtu19 wrote
You're right. The change is insignificant and the timeline miniscule. The percentage of people with bachelor degrees has steadily increased over the last 15+ years, per OP's own source.
This data is ugly.
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MeadOfPoetryy t1_iydod4b wrote
Interesting and I love the title but it's only 1% and the USA is a severely overeducated country if I'm not mistaken.
Macarogi t1_iye0fjg wrote
>the USA is a severely overeducated country if I'm not mistaken.
Over-degreed maybe. Many bachelor degrees are not challenging to attain and aren't valued by employers.
deegeese t1_iydvhxq wrote
Brain drain refers to migration of educated people, but this chart is showing net change, not migration.
War_Eagle451 t1_iydqrvm wrote
I initially read this as brain damage and got very upset I was not asked to take part
draypresct t1_iydrpuk wrote
Looking at your source, all these states have increased the percentage of college-educated adults from 2006, which doesn't really indicate a brain drain.
Looking at two states each with one-year increases (Maine, West Virginia) and decreases (California, Louisiana), the one-year decrease doesn't seem to be particularly related to any longer-term trend.
2006 2020 2021
California 29 36.9 36.2
Louisiana 20.3 27.2 26.4
Maine 25.5 33.5 36
West Virginia 16.5 23.1 24.1
UCBCats23 t1_iydtesz wrote
Well the value of many bachelors degrees have declined over time
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07Vette t1_iydtztb wrote
Nice color scale! Well done
A_Ghost___Probably t1_iyduq8n wrote
1% change over just1 year? Not seeing the beauty here lol
shark_snak t1_iye0sal wrote
Interesting data, visually, a single color gradient is always better.
furfu42 t1_iydxd18 wrote
Brain drain and waking up to the scam that is higher education or not the same thing. Those getting bachelor's degrees in the 2020s are learning that they can get dressed as much information if not more relevant from the internet. Instead of paying for a piece of paper
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