Tuesday, August 23, 2011

The Gender Gap in Lifetime Earnings for Higher Education Graduates

Women in Academia Report
Posted on Aug 21, 2011

The Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce has issued a new report entitled The College Payoff: Education, Occupations, Lifetime Earnings.
They study finds that women with a bachelor’s degree have average lifetime earnings of $1,939,000. Men with a college degree have average lifetime earnings of $2,593,000. Thus, women college graduates earn on average less than 75 percent of what male college graduates earn over their lifetimes.

Full Story: http://www.wiareport.com/2011/08/the-gender-gap-in-lifetime-earnings-for-higher-education-graduates/?utm_source=Women+In+Academia+Report&utm_campaign=f904d6a147-Women_in_Academia_Report_6_14_116_13_2011&utm_medium=email

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