There was similar random variation in questions about the value
of a college degree versus a two - year associate's.
Not exact matches
CIBC also found that real weekly wages
of high school and
college graduates have risen by 13 per cent
versus eight per cent among undergraduate
degree holders and more than double the rate seen among MA and PhD holders.
38 %
of millennials recommend pursuing a «promising start - up opportunity»
versus completing a «traditional
college degree.
When it comes to education levels, 37 percent
of people who have a high school education or less strongly agree,
versus only 27 percent
of people who have a
college degree.
• Debt and default among black or African - American
college students is at crisis levels, and even a bachelor's
degree is no guarantee
of security: black BA graduates default at five times the rate
of white BA graduates (21
versus 4 percent), and are more likely to default than white dropouts.
CFA students wind up with 15
college credits, on average, before completing high school,
versus 4.5 credits for students who go the standard community -
college route;
of nine students in the CFA pilot program, six are on track to graduate high school next year already having earned associate's
degrees.
The difference here is not between believing a student has zero chance
of completing
college versus being certain that the student will earn a
degree.
The Secretary's report is especially critical
of the present system
of teacher certification and the
degree to which it is overly beholden to the traditional route to preparation through the
colleges of education with their emphasis on pedagogical instruction
versus academic content.
Hipster tee
versus college fund; the Park Slope strollerati might look askance, but I'm going with the promise
of a bachelor's
degree.
Another way that we assess the value
of receiving a
college degree is to compare the rate
of return from investing in a
college degree versus using the same amount
of money for investment opportunities.
In this sample, only 7 percent
of those with
college degrees had a child together before marriage
versus 31 percent
of those without
college degrees.