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What's Your Science Degree Worth?


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Credit: Lever Digital

A new study by Temple University economist Douglas Webber calculates the lifetime earnings premium accrued by college graduates in various subject areas, relative to the earnings of high school graduates with no college attendance. The conclusion: The benefits of college are larger in some areas of study than in others. STEM majors did especially well.

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