Tuesday, May 27, 2014

The Economic Importance of Going to College

According to the Economic Policy Institute in DC a college grad makes 98% more money an hour than someone who didn't go.  In fact, one loses $500,000 after paying for college.  There are a lot more economics in the article, but it is a nice way to teach both economics and the fact that the US is still shy on the number of people it needs who have gone to college as you can see in the chart above with the line moving upwards. 

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