A college degree is the new high school degree. You pretty much top out in the upper teens per hour without a degree: and that&#x27;s if you&#x27;re lucky.<p>I&#x27;ve been on both sides. Since getting my undergrads in Comp Sci and MIS I make more money than I ever thought I would. Before this I got a job driving buses for the city making ~$10.50&#x2F;hr and I thought that was all the money in the world.