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“Equal degree attainment does not mean people earn the same. In fact, women need much more education than men to reach the same earnings,” said Jeff Strohl, CEW’s director. bit.ly/4aOgi7F
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College degree attainment has steadily added more value to the country’s economy, bolstering well-being in the US. The share of workers with postsecondary degrees has consistently risen, and these trends are expected to continue in the coming years. bit.ly/4aOgi7F
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The labor market favors workers with college degrees. And that favoritism is even stronger when it comes to good jobs. In 2020, workers with college degrees held 69% of good jobs. bit.ly/4aOgi7F
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Between 2010 and 2020, degree attainment gaps widened between white adults and American Indian/Alaska Native adults, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander adults, and Black/African American adults. More on the benefits of narrowing these gaps: bit.ly/4aOgi7F
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Between 2010 and 2020, the proportion of US adults who hold college degrees increased by 6.7 percentage points. As a result, US workers can expect to earn an additional $14.2T net of costs over their lifetimes—money that will bolster the US economy. bit.ly/4aOgi7F
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Gaps in educational attainment between racial/ethnic groups play a crucial role in earnings inequality. Among adults with the same educational attainment, those from marginalized racial/ethnic groups generally have lower median earnings than white adults. bit.ly/4aOgi7F
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Closing gaps in both degree attainment and earnings would produce substantial benefits for the American economy. If degree attainment was equal across all racial/ethnic groups, the nation’s workers would accrue an additional $11.3T in net lifetime earnings. bit.ly/4aOgi7F
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Low-income students get the highest #ROI at the colleges where they pay the least. Public institutions, which usually have lower prices than private nonprofit or for-profit institutions, have a high ROI for low-income students at all degree levels. bit.ly/3yA0Idk
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What are the nonmonetary benefits associated with higher educational attainment? Longer life expectancy, lower rates of disease, lower levels of incarceration, higher resistance to authoritarianism, and higher levels of civic participation. bit.ly/4aOgi7F
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The US economy misses out on $11.3 trillion in net lifetime earnings gains due to educational attainment gaps.
