14 September 2015
Gaps in Earnings Stand Out in Release of College Data
Here's an article from Kevin Carey of the New York Times about the latest college "return on investment" figures released by the U.S. Department of Education.
The new data tracks the cost of an education and average reported earnings ten years out. What's important about the data is that it is not "self-reported" based on surveys, as is the approach used by PayScale. Instead, the government was able to match data from the student financial aid system to federal tax returns, so an accurate picture of earnings across a far larger sample is in place.
What's interesting about the data isn't that elite institutions report higher earnings. What's interesting is that there are a significant number of institutions that the payoff is far less evident, including some well-known universities and liberal arts colleges.
Click here for the article.
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