Nearly 30% of Americans with associate's degrees now make more than those with bachelor's degrees, according to Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce. In fact, other recent research in several states shows that, on average, community college graduates right out of school make more than graduates of four-year universities.
The average wage for graduates of community colleges in Tennessee, for instance, is $38,948 — more than $1,300 higher than the average salaries for graduates of the state's four-year institutions.
via money.cnn.com
…and they enter the workforce two years sooner.
…and the education costs less.
So, to what extent are community colleges doing just as good of a job at signaling/sorting college age students as four-year degree programs?
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