Jay Sawyer of Glenview, IL states that college is important for a number of reasons. Some of them include – Job Stability, Career Satisfaction, Long-Term Financial Gain and Success Outside of the Workplace. Jay believes that with more and more occupations requiring advanced education, a college degree is critical to your success in today’s workplace. He also believes that although a college degree offers you a clear advantage by taking you from having no experience in a particular field to being highly-skilled and job-market ready, it is very much possible to succeed even if you do not have a college degree.