20 Great Jobs Without a College Degree

n RDH is required to take prerequisites which conists of 2 years of education prior to being accepted into an accreditied RDH program which consists of 2 additional years of training...totaling 4 YEARS of school. http://repuve-consulta.blogspot.com

To see you "Educated People" attempting to correct folk's grammar & spelling is too funny! Lol!!!!

There are many opportunities to succeed without a college degree. I know many people that have used their self taught skills to gain pure leverage online and create a great income for themselves. 

I i'm working on my associates and started a job as a restaurant manager i make $37,000 yearly i also bust my ass

I believe the key words in this article are Job and Career.and the question should be whdon't do you prefer?

I am a dental hygienist . You NEEd at least an associate degree and a license to  practice 

I work at a daycare as a teachers aid. I help the teacher teach the kids and clean up as well as teach them how to clean up their own mess. I love working with kids and babies but, I need a job who has insurance and better benefits and something I can make a career out of.

list the 20 jobs please -_-

actuyally i want to tell yopu its all about muise because I don't know what I am saying because that time everyone is thinking is vary danger

I've been actively looking for a permanent job for about 14 months and haven't been able to find anything other then temp work.  I've got over 25 years experience in the customer service, administrative and billing fields yet no one will even look at me because I don't have that damm piece of paper!  I'm honestly too old to even attempt to go back to college.  It's utterly frustrating and so depressing..  On the job experience should carry more weight then it does!  But these days companies would much rather hire fresh faced just out of college kids then someone whose worked their tails off and have given up family time in order to earn a paycheck and maybe just possibly advance.  What has this word come to? 

Yes...best option; get a degree or college trade. With the economy being so bad and jobs getting more and more scarce due to increasing populations, your best bet is to beat your competition. Presently blue collar jobs pay best and are usually 2 years not including apprenticeship. Safe bet for degree - business, engineering, medical, etc...Nursing is starting to dip and law is starting to get over saturated. Computer science is starting to become a demand again (every city is different tho). Unless your going to work for a family business or company...get your degree...I’m doing mine while I work, it takes longer but at least I’m paying for mine as I go and I’ll be debt free when I’m done and degree opens more doors to other things (masters, PhD, companies requiring degrees, management in almost any company). As i said, it took me 7 years but totally worth it...i'm done, debt free, have 2 cars paid off, now looking at starting an actual career and even have money in the bank for a house. Young people out there...do this! Don't piss your life away working at crap 10/hr jobs...go to school and care about your grades and put effort into it.

hi i am looking for a job with a good salary i dont have a degree but i have a experience of 14 years of repairing t.v and i have very good knowledge of these things and i can also repair LCD'S.. IF you want to take my interview i am ready for that... my age-42 name-Mr. Chandra Bhan Verma 

Quite a few of those jobs require a bachelors degree or even an associate degree. The ones that don't require anywhere from one year to 5 in training or a certification.

Our company's CIO swore he'd never hire a Web Developer without a degree. He later "took the plunge" and hired one. Some combination of attempting to save money and affirmative action, he said.For the 6 months he was with us, I spent half my time "training" him. It wasn't technically training, but I had to explain to him how Javascript and CSS worked. He also kept saying ASP like the snake. It's not an animal, it's an abbreviation for Active Server Pages. It wasn't until he left and we had to "fix" the "work" he did that we noticed the absolute nightmare he had been. We lost 2 clients because of him. They were local businesses, and I sure hope they're still in business after essentially having their online presence sabotaged. Every project he worked on, he took all the js out of include files and put it in the html files.Oddly enough, he was fired for non-work-related behavior. Not showing up without calling-in, disappearing in the middle of the day.So, the moral of the story is either "Start your own business as a Web Developer without a degree if you want to make anywhere near that much" or "Don't hire a Web Developer without a degree- you get what you pay for."One more thing- that salary is for 2 people. Unless you are in some city that has an extreme shortage of Web Developers. Feel free to check the Help Wanted Ads. You won't be finding a listing for one for $87k. Not even in NYC.

Except in a few cases, experience trumps college degree 9 times out of 10. There are few things you must absolutely go to college for: teacher, nurse, doctor, lawyer, electrical engineer. If you don't want to pursue one of these professions, college may or may not lead to a rewarding career.

In short, experience trumps education 9.9 times out of 10.

Okay, I was reading the comments and it seems like the people who went to school are mad at people who are making money and didn't.. and vice versa..There are some fields (technical) where you get 1-2 years of training and can get into a decent job, but most also have an apprenticeship that will take another 1-3 years to complete.The BIG issue here is that college costs a lot of money, and if you spend 30-40k a year (meaning 120-160k) on a degree that gives you an income of 30-50k you are going to be in serious trouble.I disagree with the poster that stated experience counts for nothing, it depends on the field. The smart thing to do is go to a community college online and start your basics, AND start getting work experience.I started this way in sales 10 years ago. It was VERY hard. I would work 50-60 hours and then go home and do homework. But I am now in medical device sales, have my degree (and still working on Masters). My salary on the low end (with commission) has been $46k when I initially started to- $150k now. It is possible with the right company and if you really love sales.As someone who has friends in those online schools... just don't do it!!! Many community colleges offer fast track options- then move on to a university with online options (or night classes etc).There are some jobs that will take experience or degree- but if you show that you are working on BOTH, you will be very in demand.Oh and seriously... calling people out on their spelling? It's not that big of a deal, people type fast and just post. This isn't some college essay, it's an online forum.   

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From what I have seen, these lists of "great no-college degree jobs" all seem pretty similar, with similar jobs listed. I think that if you are serious about finding a GREAT job you need to do your homework yourself. You need to find the obscure jobs no one else really knows about. I have just read an excellent book called Not All Wanderers Are Lost by Ross Radich.  He didn't have a degree but landed an amazing job doing pre-quarantine inspections of large machines (basically just making sure they are clean before they are shipped).  He travels all over the world and seems to do little actual work. Instead he spends his time sightseeing and having fun. Worth checking out if you want some inspiration.  

I finally got tired of being considered undereducated and went back to school. Try BCC online.

Guys, get a 4 year degree. Trust me. Work related experience can come after your degree. I found this out a little late and now I'm trying to apply for a college at the age of 26.Many thinks that it is okay to jump into work without college, but it's not. There are the very lucky few who does succeed, but majority doesn't do so well.In my job search, I found out that many of the decent companies requires you to have a 4 YEAR DEGREE. If you don't, most of your options are going to suck. Think about it this way, unless you have some special skills or a very clever mindset, none of these decent companies are going to hire you. When they look at resumes, they are not going to only look at yours. There's going to be tens to hundreds of resumes that these employers are going to look at. Guess what? One of the very first things that these employers look at is your education.After all my years of working and building up work related experience, I am now here unhappy with my job, stuck, and unable to move forward with my career life because many companies require that 4 year degree.

All of your stories are hilarious to read. None of you want to goto college? 98% of people posting on here should reconsider that desicion, your grammar and spelling sucks. How do you expect to make good money if you can't even type a couple of pity sentences? Just go to a 2 year college and do something useful with your life.

I'm seventeen, and i'm trying to figure out a good career option planed out. I want a job that requires no collage, but a two yeard collage plan would be my max. I also have a physical disability that restricts me to low manuel labor. What do you think some good ideas for me to look into are? Im well rounded in alot of areas, Strong points are technology, English, and creativty. PLease help me out here, thanks :D

Does anyone else notice that a couple of these jobs, like cosmetologist, are under the poverty line? These salaries don't buy much in California. You can survive on 30K if you go into credit card debt or buy no extras like cable tv.

I'm in my late 20's I don't know, what I can do to find a good career.  I'm a firm believer that school is not for everyone, I struggled through school.  I don't know what to do, I work security job now but that not what I want to do at all.I've looked into trade school, but that's not for me, I want to do something I know I'll be happy with myslef in 20 years from now.  And not hate waking up every morning wishing I did something else. people are pushing online schooling, just wondering if any of you have done it?  and just some advice to take one step towards my destiny.  Reading some of the stoires here, opened my eyes to how some of you came to you're jobs differently.

I began at the bottom in sales 12 years ago for a distributor. I had no degree and no experience. Took advantage of free training training and it was part time work.  I now make over $65K. http:www. part-time-work.com

Yes that is a great job. You still have to go to a trade school to get a certificate. Not to mention once you get into the hygienist gig, get ready to drive. Unfortunately all that looks great but hygienists only go into work a few days a week. So you will have to drive to another dentist to fill in your other days of work. And get ready to give an extra leg on taxes. Thank you. I can see you most likely didn’t attend college of any sort and you obviously have a degree in the renounced university of online bull. You major in Jerkology.

Above is great and the post does highlight great alternatives to earning a good income even in the absence of a college degree. But I'd take it further. Go to a tool like paychecker.com and do solid research on pay grades, then move to research the job requirements and you'll see results quite beyond the few examples stated.Good luck. Cheers,Lucas