Graphs - Benefits of Higher Education

By nearly every economic measure, it pays to be as well educated as possible.

More than half of the growth in jobs in the coming decade will require at least a bachelor's degree.

See the whole study, “Help Wanted: Projections of Jobs and Education Requirements Through 2018."

In the last decade, external causes appear to have overwhelmed the effect on income usually expected from the increase in the number of Ohioans who have earned at least a bachelor's degree.

Employers increasingly see the bachelor's degree as a key criterion when seeking new employees.

The independent sector provides more than its share of recent graduates to a distinguished group of seminal public servants.

The benefit of higher education to our society is far more than merely economic.

American increasingly recognize that college education is essential to success.

In 20 years, the value added to the paycheck by having a bachelor's degree over a high school diploma has increased more than 25 cents on the dollar.

Not only does completing a bachelor's degree mean more time at work, but propotionately more income. For every dollar earned by a bachelor's degree holder, an associate degree holder earns just 69 cents.