In Tennessee, the median earnings of someone with a college degree is $61,189 ... Much of this difference is because jobs that high school graduates work in don't have much wage growth, whereas ...

Some majors are seeing declines in salaries, which could lead undergraduates to rethink what they want to get their degree in ...

But some economists argue that it reflects employers’ reduced need for college graduates — for example, fewer jobs like bookkeeping as information technology has become more sophisticated.