The economic cost associated with dropping out of high school is enormous: the average high school dropout in Massachusetts earns $ 10,000 less
annually than a high school graduate and $ 34,000 less annually than a college graduate.
Not exact matches
According to data revealed at a Columbia University Teachers College symposium on «The Social Costs of Inadequate Education,» dropouts die 9.2 years earlier
than students who
graduate high school and
annually cost $ 4.5 billion in lost income taxes and earnings.
(New York, NY)-- More
than 200 students and parents joined leading education reform organization StudentsFirstNY on the steps of City Hall today to bring attention to a hidden tax that is costing New York City
high school graduates an estimated $ 63 million
annually.