Tim Cook Explains Why It Is Not Necessary To Have A College Degree

Although having a four-year college degree is a common requirement for most jobs in the U.S. even for those that didn’t require one previously, Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple has a different perspective.

Cook claims that there are sought-after skills that may not be offered in college, coding to be specific.

At American Workforce Policy Advisory Board meeting on March 6, during which Cook, along with other board’s members met President Trump. He said during the meeting:

Cook also mentioned that nearly 50% of Apple’s U.S. employment in 2018 were people who didn’t own a four-year degree.

The CEO said he thinks that it should be compulsory for kids in the U.S. to learn coding before their high school graduation. In 2016, the company launched a program called Everyone Can Code with a curriculum to assist students of every level in studying code. Cook stated that Apple’s curriculum is being used in 4,000 U.S. schools.

Apple, along with Google, Bank of America, IBM, and Hilton, are corporations that do not ask for a college diploma for some positions.

Although there are now more opportunities for people with no college degree, the last month report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that there is still a major difference in weakly income between those without a college degree and those with one. In 2018, the average salary for people having a high school diploma but no college degree was #730, whereas this number was $1,198 for those possessing a bachelor’s degree.

Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple, is known to have founded his company from inside his garage back in 1976 after he decided to drop out of Reed College.

Cook continued: