Thursday, April 10, 2014

Is college worth it?

A recent issue of The Economist addresses the issue of return-on-investment for major US universities.  The summarize the research of PayScale, a research firm, has gathered data on the graduates of more than 900 universities and colleges, asking them what they studied and how much they now earn. The company then factors in the cost of a degree, after financial aid (discounts for the clever or impecunious that greatly reduce the sticker price at many universities). From this, PayScale estimates the financial returns of many different types of degree (see chart):





As well, there is a link to a page with an interactive graph that allows you to selected various criteria for analysis.

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