41,619 Dollars: A Look at Degrees and Salaries

It pays to go to college.

by Edutopia Staff

41,619 Dollars
Credit: Edutopia

The difference in annual pay between a person with a master's degree and a person over eighteen without a high school diploma. On average, graduates holding MA and MS degrees earn paychecks starting at $60,445, while those failing to graduate from high school take home $18,826. Getting that diploma boosts that figure by nearly ten grand, a bachelor's degree snatches a yearly income of $51,194, and those with doctorates start at $89,734.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

This article was also published in Edutopia Magazine, November 2005


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