Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

2024

DOI

10.25776/aprq-ba29

Publication Title

2024 State of the Commonwealth Report

Pages

80-115

Abstract

In 2022, more than 1 in 5 college graduates across the United States found themselves earning less than the national median income for high school graduates in the same graduating class year. In the same year, on average, 19.9% of graduates from four-year Virginia institutions of higher education earned less than the typical high school graduate 10 years after entry into college or university. In this chapter, we ask whether attending college is a ‘good deal’ for many Virginians.

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