Average profit for college graduates vs. university, vs. high school only?

Question

I am doing a data management project comparing the success rate of people who graduate college, university and high school. I was wondering where i could find some info on this subjects. Any suggestions would be great.

Answer 1

If you mean income levels (success is measured many ways) then this information is readily available.

The Census has all sorts of stats you can use to do your own research but there's plenty online that's already done for you.
http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/40/Figure01-earnings_by_degree.gif

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9d/Education_Income_Sex.jpg

Answer 2

I went thru all 4 Public, High School, College and University! Result: I'm earning less than I useto earn! College and University are just time wasters! They might be ok for those that like to socialize! At least with College and University I was able to choose most of the subjects I wanted to earn! I learned more from Encyclopedias than any Institutional schooling! Institutional schooling was the pitts. Bullies everywhere! But my life now isn't much better not doing institutional schooling but there are bullies around no matter where I go! College wasted too much time in between classes.. so much more a waste of time than the others. University was much different schedules and classes were less wasted time. That make its best cause less time wasted!

Answer 3

Not really, it's up to the employer. Government gives higher GS ratings if you have college and apply for a job that requires that college.

At retail stores you go in entry level stock clerk while if you have a BA degree you can go in as a manager traniee and become an assistant manager at twice the pay.

Typically it is specialty jobs that require a specific degree.

1 year CNA course 18 month Therapist course AS Nursing, BS Nursing, Inhilation therapist, occupational therapist.

An orderly at a hospital would go in entry level and if you go to school for the CNA program you can be upgraded and get a raise, if you become an AS nurse you can get another raise.

My Uncle went up from like 17K to 21K when he got is AS nursing long long ago.

Answer 4

Here are some good sites I found. You can also look under periodicals at a university. http://www.ericdigests.org/2003-3/value.htm and here is another site http://www.ysu.edu/facstaff/ofc/reports_and_resolutions/gradincome.html
http://www.nasfaa.org/Annualpubs/Journal/Vol37N1/Kantrowitz.PDF