This statistic doesn&#x27;t make any sense if it&#x27;s an attempt to show how many people are getting college degrees, but I don&#x27;t think that&#x27;s what it&#x27;s trying to demonstrate.  It&#x27;s trying to give some measure of how many young people are having trouble finding jobs because they lack college degrees.<p>This isn&#x27;t the ideal measure, surely:  percentage of job-seekers 17-24 would obviously be better.  In the absence of that statistic, however, it doesn&#x27;t make sense to try to factor out current students.  Having a job while attending university is very common, and is one of the best ways to lessen the tuition burden.