What is a bachelor’s degree worth? This question has taken on new urgency in light of growing skepticism about the value of college. Ultimately, graduates’ lifelong earnings potential depends on many factors—but choice of major can be highly influential.

Gaps in opportunity begin at birth. Universal high-quality education from pre-K through high school, access to food and affordable housing, and networks of community support are essential to putting children on the path toward healthy and happy adulthoods.

Our report examines the benefits associated with increased college degree attainment between 2010 and 2020 and considers the effect of rising levels of college attainment on racial/ethnic and gender gaps in attainment and earnings. Read more here:

Civic engagement is the foundation of a healthy democracy. On election day, we encourage citizens to exercise their rights. Get out and vote!

The male-female participation gap in America’s workforce has seen its biggest increase in any year since the 1950s. But not for the reasons you might think

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Disparities in degree attainment matter because differences in earnings by degree level are substantial. Yet even when adults from marginalized racial/ethnic groups reach the same levels of attainment as white adults, they do not garner the same earnings. https://t.co/2EGAiHpFEm

Between 2010 and 2020, the proportion of US adults who hold college degrees increased by 6.7 percentage points. As a result, US workers can expect to earn an additional $14.2T net of costs over their lifetimes—money that will bolster the US economy.

Creating a more just society in a post–affirmative action landscape will require directly addressing systemic inequalities and their consequences across the education system.

One barrier to college admissions is perceptions about the cost of college. As the current system is designed, students do not know how much they will be expected to pay. Institutions should take additional steps to achieve price transparency.

Too many students, particularly those attending open-access institutions, struggle with financial needs that hinder their progress toward earning a degree.  https://t.co/qmMUDxTm2l

Despite numeric increases in enrollment, the shares of American Indian/Alaska Native, Black/African American, and Hispanic/Latino students who attend a selective institution are still disproportionately small.  https://t.co/qmMUDxTm2l

Pressures of global competition, mass migration, & economic instability have caused a backlash in many parts of the world, namely a rise in authoritarian leaders. We find that higher education can protect democracy from #authoritarianism. #NHEM @NEAToday

Open-access institutions would ideally form the backbone of an improved college and career counseling system that blurs the line between high school and college, and between higher education and the workforce.  https://t.co/qmMUDxTm2l

Despite their increasing enrollment at selective colleges and universities from 2009 to 2019, only 14% of all Black/African American students and 16% of Hispanic/Latino students attended these institutions in 2019. https://t.co/qmMUDxTm2l

Higher education should be a beacon of opportunity. Instead, it perpetuates systemic inequities. Eliminating these will require a whole-system approach that improves access at selective colleges and addresses disparate student outcomes at open-access ones.

What are the nonmonetary benefits associated with higher educational attainment? Longer life expectancy, lower rates of disease, lower levels of incarceration, higher resistance to authoritarianism, and higher levels of civic participation. #NHEM @NEAToday

“A small number of selective colleges are launchpads to positions of influence, but these institutions remain highly segregated. This chasm of inequity undermines the goal of the American postsecondary system.”—CEW Director Jeff Strohl. https://t.co/qmMUDxTm2l

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October marks National Higher Education Month, a time to recognize the critical role that higher education plays in serving as an engine of opportunity for students everywhere. #NHEM @NEAToday

Prime-age workers with a bachelor’s degree earn 70% more at the median than workers with only a high school diploma. Yet we find that earnings vary significantly by major. @HigherEdDive covers our new report:

Our report, "Progress Interrupted," examines admissions trends at a time when race/ethnicity could still be considered in the college admissions process. Read the report and our findings here: