WORKING IT
By Gary Boley • gboley@mscd.edu
Q:How much will my degree be worth when I graduate in a couple of weeks ?

A:Congratulations! You’re an extra-million-aire. Bachelor degreed people make $2.1 million over their careers as opposed to $1.2 million for high school graduates. Your hard work will also yield you many more career options in general, sometimes referred to as life satisfaction indicators. Over the last 25 years, wages for employees with no college work dropped 16 percent, with some college attendance they dropped 7 percent, while the wages for earning a Bachelor’s degree rose 9 percent. We think they should have risen higher, but that is where career planning begins to separate the strategist from the pack. Here is an investment tip to quadruple your money: Earn a professional degree and your lifetime earnings rise to 4.4 million, according to our research.

 

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