HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Some 2-year degrees pay off better than BAs. “Shelling out more money for a four-year college degree doesn’t always mean you’ll land a job with a better salary, a recent report found. In fact, graduates of many two-year associates and occupational certificate programs earn just as much as workers with traditional four-year degrees — if not more in some cases, according to a report from CollegeMeasures.org, which analyzed the earnings of recent graduates in Arkansas, Colorado, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.”