[Turing_Machine]

They had drafting and electronics technician programs, both of which would be considered trades, not professional degrees.

"Trade school" generally includes stuff like that. Also cosmetology schools, truck driving schools, and so on.

[ticviking]

What happened a lot of the time is people choose the easiest program and it produces a wild oversupply in that field. Meanwhile we will basically always have an under supply of plumbers and septic technicians cause most folks hate the idea of working with sewage.