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Higher Education Earnings Premium

Value, Variation, and Trends

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Feb. 25, 2014

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Urban Institute

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Sandy Baum

Higher Education Earnings Premium

This policy brief from the Urban Institute examines some of the different ways that the financial benefits of higher education can be measured.

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