“By the year 2018, only 10 percent of jobs will be available to individuals with less than a high school degree, and 28 percent to individuals with no more than a high school diploma. 17 percent of jobs will be available to those with an associate’s degree, 12 percent to those with some college, 23 percent to those with a bachelor’s degree, and 10 percent of all jobs will be open only to those with a graduate degree or higher." The Department of Education provides a chart based on data from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce.
“Benefits will accrue not only to individuals but also to businesses in the form of higher earnings and to state, federal, and local governments in the form of increased tax revenue. Each four-year college graduate generates, on average, $5,900 more per year in state, federal, and local tax revenue than each high school graduate. Over a lifetime, each generates, on average, $177,000 more in tax revenue than those with only a high school degree.”
From - U.S. Department of Education, College Completion Tool Kit March 2011, Washington, D.C., 2011.
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