it seems pretty easy to me everyone who goes to college now naturally assumes that opens doors immediately . It doesn ' t . It rarely ever did . What it DOES do is make you more educated and understanding of how the world works , and that opens doors . It ' s not the degree , its what you take from college . If you went just for the degree , all you ' re getting is the degree and nothing else . I went back and did college as an older adult i ' m in my 30 s now and it has helped me with skills and knowledge that makes me better in my field than others who don ' t have it . That ' s how you get ahead of others in the rat race . Be smarter than them . Work harder than them . And don ' t do anything remarkably stupid . And be insanely lucky .