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ERIC Number: EJ340365
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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What Is the Economic Payoff to a Community College Degree?
Romano, Richard M.
Community/Junior College Quarterly of Research and Practice, v10 n3 p153-64 1986
Assesses the economic return to a two-year college degree in terms of the value of lifetime income as shown in the age-earnings profiles derived from census data; the present value of lifetime income; and the rate of return on the investment in schooling. (AYC)
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment, Educational Benefits, Educational Status Comparison, Income, Outcomes of Education, Socioeconomic Status, Two Year Colleges
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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