A new study shows that the longer you go to college, the less likely you are to get married. Researchers from analyzed US Census data from over 8 million Americans and found that “when education levels rise in the U.S., the nation’s marriage rates fall.” Researchers also found that each “additional year of schooling – counting from first grade to the end of any postgraduate degrees – reduces the likelihood that someone age 25 to 34 is married by roughly four percentage points.” Why? Researchers suggest that educated people often think they’re too much of a catch to settle, or they’re more self-reliant and don’t feel the need to marry for support. But for those who never marry, did those reasons hold up? The study doesn’t say. What it does say is that when educated people do marry, they’re less likely to divorce. Here is the haunting part: data shows that college degrees have a lower ROI than ever before. So what if, in chasing a degree that never paid off—and puffed you up with an inflated sense of self—you ended up turning down perfectly good mates and walking right past your destiny, throwing away the chance for love? If that’s true, have we taught young people the right priorities? The post Chasing Careers, Missing Life appeared first on Redacted.