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I am not saying that college is magical place where everyone has guaranteed success.

The parent argues that college grads made "poor investment" because "only 27% of college grads in America work in a job closely related to their degree, and 'The chances of finding a job related to your degree or major go up a few points if you move to a big city'."

That is ridiculous argument. That group of people is doing better then anyone else, whether they work in field they studied or not. There are many jobs that require you to have some college degree or related college degree and people without degrees wont get them.

If parent wants to prove that some people would be even better off without going to school, he should give us more (e.g. prove that these would be even better off if they did not went) or pick different group of people.

Otherwise it is just the usual misleading talking point based on wishful thinking and bias.