Why do so many people in the military have useless degrees?

No worse than kids graduating with degrees in
Gender Studies or Obscure Russian Art...

Because, Grantham, Columbia Southern, university of Phoenix, and their ilk give credit for almost anything so it’s a quick BA and promotion board help.

That about sum it up?

It’s a common issue across the board. You can walk into any restaurant and find hoardes of folks with useless degrees they never had an interest in actually using. Bachelors in Psych or gender studies won’t go far.

So many folks get a degree in something they are interested in as a hobby instead of what they want to do as a career. One of the reasons we have hundreds of Bernie bro’s wanting free college and gov debt reimbursement because they can’t pay off their student loans because they didn’t use their college career as a stepping stone to a better career

You’ll need to define “ useless” for me. Normally, folds don’t pay for things they don’t need or want, so, I’ll need you to define “useless.”

I'll wet blanket this a bit to expand on some of the great points already stated. A degree is only valuable if you can actually do something with it that takes you further down the road you want to go. MBAs are a dime a dozen, but often used as a filtering tool up front so a human will actually look at the resume. English is good but any degree that focuses on writing skills is a major plus. Everyone should know the average MIL writing skill set is awful. Knowing how to write opens doors. There are snake oil degrees out there for sure. Even sound degrees have many graduates with buyer's remorse. In engineering, there are two degree paths; technology and professional. The engineering technology degrees are invalid for professional engineer registration later on. The typically smaller schools that offer that tend to be evasive when asked about it. The difference is both may be ABET credentialed, but only the Engineering Accreditation Committee (EAC) is valid for later registration where ETAC for technology isn't. I'd frequently get queries from applicants that were denied early for 800 series engineering positions and were than pointed to the 809 tech positions which are capped at a lower grade level.

It’s simple. Military don’t give a shit about what the degree is. They just wanna do college classes for promotion points because that’s What the army wants them to do

How do you know they are mills? If it is from an accredited institution and get a soldier into OCS, or WOC, is it useless?

It all depends on how these people try to use them. While you're doing college in the Military, I know in the Army, you get promotion points. I have a degree in Homeland Security, which somewhat helps me with my current job as a Merchant Mariner working for Military Sealift Command

A fellow Seabee wanted to finish his Civil Engineering degree. The Navy said they would commission him and send him to the fleet. He finished his degree and is now a Lt Col in the Army. Not a useless degree but proper placement would enhance the service and service member !

I have a better question for you. Why do so many people feel that the only way they can seem taller is to find a way to stand on others?