Nearly Half of US College Graduates Working High-School Level Jobs, Survey Finds

Seventy-three percent of college graduates who enter the labor market underemployed stay that way for 10 years.

Students earning degrees at Pasadena City College participate in the graduation ceremony in Pasadena, Calif., on June 14, 2019. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

A new study confirms that almost half of America’s college graduates are working at high-school-level jobs.

The study, published Feb. 22, also found that 52 percent of college graduates are underemployed a year after graduation.