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College-educated Americans have reached a record share of the nation's unemployed — 36.6% of jobless workers aged 25 and older held bachelor's degrees or higher as of January 2026. Driven by AI-related disruption to entry-level white-collar work, a shrinking college wage premium, and structural shifts in hiring, the trend is forcing a fundamental reassessment of the four-year degree as a guaranteed path to professional employment.