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College graduates earn almost double the salary of high school graduates.(Brief Article)
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Report on Literacy Programs
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March 31, 2005
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In the job market, a college degree is worth almost double the value of a high school diploma, new Census Bureau figures show.
In 2004, bachelor's degree-holders earned an average $51,206 a year, compared with $27,915 a year for those with a high school diploma only, according to the Census numbers.
Without a high school degree, earnings dropped sharply, to an average $18,734. At the other end of the spectrum, advanced degrees brought an average salary of $74,602.
The Census Bureau also reported record high numbers of people 25 or older both having finished high school, at 85 percent, and earning bachelor's degrees, at 28 percent.
Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska ...
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State ranks last for graduates: ; Number with high school diploma down...
Charleston Daily Mail;
September 15, 2000 ;
787 words
......Luff said. Ninety percent of West Virginians...24 have a high school diploma or GED, Luff said...you need a high school diploma," he said. Dana...this state, as a percentage, has the oldest...with only a high school diploma earned $23,594...to 29, almost 90 ...
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HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA RATE AT RECORD HIGH
United Press International;
June 29, 2004 ;
210 words
......International 06-29-2004 High school diploma rate at record high WASHINGTON...COMTEX) -- A record 85 percent of U.S. adults aged 25 and older had at least a high school diploma in 2003, the U.S. Census...reported Tuesday. The 27 percent of U.S. citizens holding...same age group held ...
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HIGH EDUCATION LEVELS A PARADOX CENSUS RANKS COLO. THIRD, BUT MANY LACK...
Rocky Mountain News;
March 28, 2005 ;
Katie Kerwin Mccrimmon, Rocky Mountain News;
656 words
......Massachusetts, with nearly 36 percent of adults over age 25 having...The number was nearly 46 percent for the nation's capital and 37 percent for Massachusetts. The...of adults without a high school diploma. In 2004, Colorado ranked...nation, with only 88.3 percent of adults holding ...
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HIGH EDUCATION LEVELS A PARADOX CENSUS RANKS COLO. THIRD, BUT MANY LACK...
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);
March 28, 2005 ;
Mccrimmon, Katie Kerwin;
662 words
......Massachusetts, with nearly 36 percent of adults over age 25 having...The number was nearly 46 percent for the nation's capital and 37 percent for Massachusetts. The...of adults without a high school diploma. In 2004, Colorado ranked...nation, with only 88.3 percent of adults holding ...
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High school diploma not enough
St. Joseph News-Press;
December 7, 2005 ;
384 words
......that made a high school diploma or equivalency...fell from 25 percent to about 11 percent. But with low-ski...feeling that a high school diploma isn't enough. "Having a high school diploma in today's world...graduates earned 60 percent more than high...results in ...
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What can you do with a high school diploma?
Chicago Defender;
June 16, 2006 ;
Muhammad, Nisa Islam;
737 words
......students who use their high school diploma as a passport to college...Inc., as many as 40 percent of the nation's high...his friends the high school diploma was just a piece of...the report, while 75 percent of White students graduated...school in 2001, only 50 percent of all ...
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WHAT'S A BACHELOR DEGREE WORTH? COLLEGE GRADS AVERAGE $51,554; HIGH SCHOOL...
Evansville Courier & Press;
October 26, 2006 ;
STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press writer;
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......adults with bachelor's degrees and those with high school diplomas, according to data from the Census Bureau...2004, compared with $28,645 for adults with a high school diploma. High school dropouts earned an average of $19,169 and those with...women of every racial and ethnic group. Eighty-five ...
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Our views: ; The GED; Make use of a state program to get that high school...
Charleston Daily Mail;
October 28, 2000 ;
Dmedit;
248 words
......Coincidence? Hardly. Only 75 percent of state residents over 24 have a high school diploma, compared to the national average of 83 percent. The days of dropping out...the effort. While only 64 percent of those who take the GED test cold pass the test, 80 percent of the people who ...
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FINISHING SCHOOL KEY TO SUCCESS; A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR GED BUYS YOU...
The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC);
July 15, 2001 ;
Joyner, Amy;
764 words
......school are 72 percent more likely to...workers with a high school diploma or its equivalent...also earn 27 percent less than their...Only about 12 percent of those positions...have - a high school diploma or equivalent...having a high school diploma, ...
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City struggles with hurdles in Old Town: Per capita income in Old Town is...
Daily Press (Victorville, CA);
May 12, 2006 ;
395 words
......Old Town stands between 15 and 20 percent. The report indicates that Old Town...one-mile radius. That's about 28 percent less than the citywide per capita...According to the report, about 40 percent of Old Town Victorville residents do not have a high school diploma. We have 6,700 people ...
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Majority of Ohio's working poor holds high school diploma, study finds.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;
October 13, 2004 ;
673 words
......Ohio, having a high school diploma no longer guarantees...have at least a high school diploma or GED, according to...among 50 states in its percentage of low-income working...working families (27.4 percent) can be classified...authors found that the percentage of low-income ...
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THE $363,000 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT.(BUSINESS)
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);
June 3, 2007 ;
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......ranks near the top nationally, with nearly a 90 percent high school graduation rate. Data from the Wisconsin...schools in the Capitol Region graduated over 95 percent of their students. However, 260 students (14.4...School District dropped out of high school in that school year. What ...
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EDITORIAL: High school diploma is a must for success.(Editorial)
Reading Eagle (Reading, PA);
September 17, 2006 ;
574 words
......person without a diploma earns, on average, only 65 percent of what high school graduates earn. To make that a little clearer, 65 percent of $44,389 -- the median U.S. income in 2004...average people without high school diplomas earn 80 percent of the salaries earned by high school ...
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Data Shows High Jobless Rate Among Those with no High School...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;
December 10, 1997 ;
Davies, Paul;
637 words
......Philadelphia, who has a high school diploma and completed a seven- month...high school diplomas is 32 percent, while only 2 percent of black men with four-year...exceeds the national rate of 4.6 percent. The unemployment figures among...
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