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It's almost always a factor in a StudentDebtPlot: expensive degrees or elite schools can leave the graduate saddled with significant loans to pay back, which can increase the frustration of not landing a job that pays proportionately.
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May overlap with AcademiaElitism, when having even a useless degree is seen as superior to [[TragicDropout not having one at all]]. As such it can play into the perennial SlobsVersusSnobs class contrast. Conversely, mocking people's educational achievements as "useless" may be a sign of AntiIntellectualism.
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* "Series/GameofThrones" after spending a few months at the Citadel and stealing some tomes to study, Sam Tarly remarks that the Maesters appear to have run out of things to study and have filled thousands of pages with pointless research projects.
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The crux behind this trope, both in fiction and real life, tends to center around the choice of studies in comparison to the dismal market for those studies. If a well-paid job requires a degree, and such as a lawyer, doctor and engineer, and there are many jobs available, the likelihood of acquiring the job is greatly improved after 4-8 years of study and tons of student debt. Of course, people can go to college/university for far more reasons than getting a bigger paycheck; personal fulfillment, joy of learning, gaining life experience by living in a college town, working on big projects with deadlines and [[BasementDweller moving away from home]] can all be of similar benefit regardless of the degree acquired, but some majors have little workplace potential because of being too abstract or general, creating a circular system where the best option is to turn around and teach the same subject to the next generation. As a result, people getting degrees in areas with poor job prospects (fine arts, music, philosophy, etc) may get a Bachelors and then graduate degrees, and then become a low-paid, precarious sessional college instructor and train more people for the same dismal job prospects.
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The crux behind this trope, both in fiction and real life, tends to center around the choice of studies in comparison to the dismal market for those studies. If a well-paid job requires a degree, and such as a lawyer, doctor and engineer, and there are many jobs available, degree because of industry certifications the likelihood of acquiring the job is greatly improved after 4-8 years of study study. Jobs such as a lawyer, doctor and engineer tend to pay much higher than others, which can offset the tons of student debt. debt required to get the degree. Of course, people can go to college/university for far more reasons than getting a bigger paycheck; personal fulfillment, joy of learning, gaining life experience by living in a college town, working on big projects with deadlines and [[BasementDweller moving away from home]] can all be of similar benefit regardless of the degree acquired, but some majors have little workplace potential applications because of being too abstract or general, creating in addition to a desire to put the degree to use and help pay off their loans it creates a circular system where the best option is to turn around and teach the same subject to the next generation. As a result, people getting degrees in areas with poor more limited job prospects (fine arts, music, philosophy, etc) may get a Bachelors and then graduate degrees, and then become a low-paid, precarious sessional college instructor and train more people for the same dismal job prospects.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheHouse2022'', one of Raymond's relatives states that he has an (unknown) education, yet he is only barely able to make a living while looking after his wife and daughter.
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* It's debatable if he has a degree in it or not, but its uselessness can't be debated considering Jerry from ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' majored in civics and it's gotten him absolutely nowhere.
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* It's debatable if he has a degree in it or not, but its uselessness can't be debated considering [[Characters/RickAndMortyJerrySmith Jerry Smith]] from ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' majored in civics and it's gotten him absolutely nowhere.
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* ''Literature/NaughtyNineTalesOfChristmasCrime'': In "Naughty," Hannah's liberal arts degree has failed to get her a job outside the retail sector in the months following her college graduation, and she and her mother acknowledge that earning it was a poor use of her college fund.
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See HardOnSoftScience for when scientists invoke this on other scientists. Related to ClassicallyTrainedExtra. The WorthlessForeignDegree is when you run into trouble not because of ''what'' you studied, but ''where'' you studied. Compare NotThatKindOfDoctor, where people assume you are a physician when your doctorate was in literature. See also ExpertInUnderwaterBasketWeaving for other useless skills and talents. Compare TechnicianVersusPerformer when there is a contrast between training and knowledge vs experience and skill. Contrast IMinoredInTropology, where the "useless" topic isn't as maligned so much as catches others off guard.
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See HardOnSoftScience for when scientists invoke this on other scientists. Related to ClassicallyTrainedExtra. The WorthlessForeignDegree is when you run into trouble not because of ''what'' you studied, but ''where'' you studied. Compare NotThatKindOfDoctor, where people assume you are a physician when your doctorate was in literature. See also ExpertInUnderwaterBasketWeaving for other useless skills and talents. Compare TechnicianVersusPerformer when there is a contrast between training and knowledge vs experience and skill. Contrast IMinoredInTropology, where the "useless" topic isn't as maligned so much as catches others off guard.
guard. See also CareerNotTaken.
