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What's interesting about the study is that some genius figured out the best way to measure the value of a degree is to subtract tuition from post grad earnings.
Using this math formula, a high school diploma or GED with zero college is far and away the most valuable.
This kind of "best of/worst of" list type article always cracks me up (that anyone takes them seriously I mean).
I can say that I would have been much better off had I not attended Fayetteville State University. But then again, I may not have survived a majority institution.
What's interesting about the study is that some genius figured out the best way to measure the value of a degree is to subtract tuition from post grad earnings.
I'm not intending to defend the study, but your characterization of their methodology isn't quite correct. They state their measurement of 20-year ROI as:
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The total income that a graduate will earn after graduation in 20 years of working, minus both what they would have earned as a high school graduate and the cost of college (tuition, room and board, books and supplies), minus the average financial aid amount awarded to students at that school if that filter has been selected. It is their net earnings in 20 years as a college graduate.
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