should you get a degree? here is what unemployment averages say

The recent unemployment numbers were interesting, and encouraging.

Educational attainment              Sept. 2009  Oct. 2009
Less than a high school diploma         13.7%       14.7%
High school graduates, no college       10.0%      10.2%
Some college or associate degree         8.1%       8.5%
Bachelor's degree and higher                5.0%       4.6%

these figures come from the bureau of labor statistics www.bls.gov  

what it says: if you have a bachelors degree or higher as of October, you are part of 4.6% of the population that are unemployed.