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High returns: public investment in higher education


Abstract: Conservatively speaking, a college graduate generates $142,000 in state fiscal benefits over time while costing a state only $60,500. But trends in higher education allocations (4.1 percent of total state spending nationwide in 1984; 1.8 percent in 2004) suggest states have become shortsighted.

Keywords: Education - Economic aspects; Education - New England; College graduates - New England; College graduates;

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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Part of Series: Communities and Banking

Publication Date: 2008

Issue: Spr

Pages: 31-34