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The Overlooked Value Of Certificates And Associate's Degrees: What Students Need to Know Before They Go to College

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dc.contributor.authorCarnevale, Anthony P.en
dc.contributor.authorGarcia, Tania L.en
dc.contributor.authorRidley, Neilen
dc.contributor.authorQuinn, Michael C.en
dc.date.accessed2020-05-19en
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-16T20:05:52Zen
dc.date.available2020-06-16T20:05:52Zen
dc.date.issued2020en
dc.description.abstractThis report examines the labor-market value of associate’s degrees and certificate programs, finding that field of study especially influences future earnings for these programs since they are tightly linked with specific occupations. The Overlooked Value of Certificates and Associate’s Degrees: What Students Need to Know Before They Go to College also reveals that the combined number of certificates and associate’s degrees awarded by colleges is similar to the number of bachelor’s degrees awarded—around 2 million per year—with certificates and associate’s degrees each accounting for about 1 million.en
dc.description.sponsorshipGeorgetown University Center on Education and the Workforceen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttps://cew.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/CEW-SubBA.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/99010en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherGeorgetown University Center on Education and the Workforceen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/en
dc.subjectdegrees, academic--United Statesen
dc.subjectlabor marketen
dc.subjectuniversities and colleges--selectionen
dc.titleThe Overlooked Value Of Certificates And Associate's Degrees: What Students Need to Know Before They Go to Collegeen
dc.typeReporten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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