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Article: Attending community college does make you richer, study says.
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- NewsRx Health & Science
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- November 15, 2009
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A recent study by Dave Marcotte, Ph.D., from the University of Maryland Baltimore County found women graduating from community college with a 2-year degree earn 45.8% more annually than high school educated women. Men who enroll at a community college and attain a 2-year degree earn, on average, 12.2% more annually than male peers who merely graduate high school. Full details of the study appear in the October issue of Contemporary Economic Policy, published on behalf of the Western Economic Association International by Wiley-Blackwell.
To advance understanding of the economic benefit of community college education for young Americans, Dr. Marcotte studied data ...