Yet with all of the attention on high and middle skills jobs, the question remains: "What are the career prospects for individuals with only a high school diploma or less?" Or put another way, is education beyond high school really necessary to ensure a middle class lifestyle, a good living wage and career advancement opportunities? Achieve commissioned original research to explore this question and found that the answer is a resounding "yes." Students with a high school diploma (or less) and no additional education and training are by and large eligible only for "low skills" jobs, which offer limited career and earning prospects over a lifetime.