Charlie Kirk's Case That College Is a Scam
Showing 53 College is a Scam videos from Charlie Kirk's video collection.
Charlie Kirk built a whole case against the four-year degree: roughly 41 percent of students never graduate, half of those who do land jobs that never needed the degree, and 11 million jobs paying $75,000 or more require only weeks of trade training. Kirk debates students at campuses including Cal Poly, UC Riverside, Washington State, Purdue, and East Carolina University, defending his own path of skipping college to build Turning Point USA at 18 and reading roughly 100 books a year in its place. Recurring subtopics include the looming impact of artificial intelligence on white-collar careers like actuaries and paralegals, the case for trades like welding, plumbing, and electrical work over expensive degrees, and calls to abolish or defund the Department of Education. Several videos document students who lost scholarships or failed courses after refusing to use preferred pronouns, with Kirk urging them to fight back through campus organizing. Also included are confrontations with teachers and professors defending public education spending and liberal arts value, alongside Kirk's broader life advice on character, self-control, and courage as more important than credentials.