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College grads: low unemployment, but declining earnings …

November 11, 2011

Earlier this week, we posted that only 4.5% of college grads are unemployed … a lot lower percentage than you’d think given the coverage of the Wall Street Occupiers.

There is a flipside, though.

Mean real earnings for college grads have fallen by almost 20% over the past decade … reflecting salary caps at many companies and a re-mixing towards lower paying jobs.

Suggests that the ROI on college is going down, down, down

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