Eight Economic Facts on Higher Education

Abstract

The Hamilton Project has previously offered analysis on higher education and economic opportunity (Schanzenbach et al. 2016), education and social mobility (Greenstone et al. 2013), and K–12 education (Greenstone et al. 2012), highlighting the central role that education plays in supporting broad-based economic growth. In this report of economic facts, the Hamilton Project offers evidence of the value that a postsecondary education has for society in economic terms.