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Census Bureau Report Shows School's ''Big Payoff

Jul 23, 2002

Higher education equates with higher earnings, especially at the top, according to this new Census report. Over an adult's working life, high school graduates can expect, on average, to earn $1.2 million. Those with a bachelor's degree earn an average of $2.1 million and people with a master's degree, $2.5 million. Earnings are even higher for people with doctoral ($3.4 million) and professional degrees ($4.4 million).
Currently, almost 9-in-10 young adults graduate from high school and about 6-in-10 high school seniors go on to college the following year.
http://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/p23-210.pdf