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The Investment Payoff: A 50-State Analysis of the Public and Private Benefits of Higher Education

Published Feb 2005
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focus area Evidence-Based Completion

Report built on the work of related studies of the national impact of attending college by articulating the benefits of higher education on a 50-state basis

Numerous studies have consistently shown that going to college has broad and quantifiable national impacts that occur over and above the effects of mediating factors, such as income and age. This report builds on the work of related studies by articulating the benefits of higher education on a 50-state basis.