Pretty Soon the U.S. Might Run Out of College-Educated Workers

The unemployment rate for bachelor's degree holders is at a six-year low

New graduates walk out of the chapel after their commencement at Princeton University in Princeton, N.J., on Sunday, June 2, 2013.

Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg
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Maybe that college degree will pay off after all.

Last month, the unemployment rate of workers who hold a bachelor's degree or higher sank to 2.8 percent, its lowest level since September 2008. That compares with a jobless rate of 5.7 percent for the overall population.