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Graduate Degrees: Risky and Unequal Paths to the Top. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, [2024. ](2024. cew.georgetown.edu/graduatedegrees)[cew.georgetown.edu/graduatedegrees](2024. cew.georgetown.edu/graduatedegrees).  \nNoncommercial use: You may not use this work for commercial purposes. Written permission must be obtained from the owners of the copy/literary rights and from Georgetown University for any publication or commercial use of reproductions.  \nNo additional restrictions: If you are using one or more of our available data representations (figures, charts, tables, etc.), please visit our website at [cew.georgetown.edu/research](cew.georgetown.edu/research).  \nFor the full legal code of this Creative Commons license, please visit [creativecommons.org](creativecommons.org). Email [cewgeorgetown@georgetown.edu](cewgeorgetown@georgetown.edu) with any questions.  \nAcknowledgments  \nWe are grateful to Arnold Ventures for the generous support that made this report possible. We are honored to partner with Arnold Ventures in our shared mission of promoting postsecondary access, completion, and career success for all Americans.  \nWe would also like to extend our sincere appreciation to Anthony P. Carnevale, the founding  \ndirector of the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, for his leadership  \nand guidance in this work.  \nThe staff of the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce was instrumental  \nin the production of this report from conception to publication. In particular, we would like to thank  \n• Nicole Smith and Zachary Mabel for feedback on economic methodology;  \n• Kathryn Peltier Campbell and Katherine Hazelrigg for editorial and qualitative feedback;  \n• Emma Nyhof for quantitative feedback;  \n• Ben Merisotis, Daniella Paradise, and Madeleine Adelson for research assistance;  \n• Katherine Hazelrigg, Fan Zhang, Johnna Guillerman, Maryam Noor, and Abiola Fagbayi for communications efforts, including design development and public relations; and  \n• Coral Castro for assistance with logistics and operations.  \nMany others contributed their thoughts and feedback throughout the production of this report.  \nWe especially are grateful to our talented designers and editorial advisors, whose efforts were vital to its successful completion. Finally, we thank Lumina Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates  \nFoundation for supporting prior work that informed this research.  \nThe views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of Arnold Ventures or any of their officers or employees. All errors and omissions are the responsibility of the authors.  \nAcknowledgments 3  \nContents  \nIntroduction ................................................................................................................................................ 10  \nAvailable data suggest how our proposed regulatory standards would affect graduate programs.................. 13  \nGraduate education has grown substantially over recent decades, as have costs and associated student debt....................................................","cbCaiuo27JSFo5R8","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiuo27JSFo5R8","pdf",2611756,110,"English","# Introduction\n## Available data suggest how our proposed regulatory standards would affect graduate programs\n## Graduate education has grown substantially over recent decades, as have costs and associated student debt\n## Healthcare programs require special considerations\n## Systemic inequalities are evident both in graduate degree attainment and in earnings gaps by gender and race/ethnicity among graduate degree holders\n## Graduate education provides significant value to students and society, but it needs greater regulatory oversight to address cost, debt, and equity challenges\n# PART I. The Value of Graduate Degrees\n## Graduate education has become a major part of the American higher education landscape\n## Graduate degrees lead to the highest median earnings and the highest likelihood of employment among all education levels\n## Graduate education offers many nonpecuniary benefits\n## Graduate degrees offer an earnings premium of 28 percent over bachelor’s degrees, but that premium hasn’t changed much since the 1990s\n# PART II. Fields of Study and Occupations\n## Workers with graduate degrees in STEM have the highest earnings\n## Graduate degrees in the social sciences lead to the highest in-field earnings premium","[{\"question\":\"What problem does the report address about graduate education?\",\"answer\":\"It examines how graduate education’s growth has come with rising costs and student debt, and how this connects to regulatory standards and outcomes for students and society.\"},{\"question\":\"What inequalities does the report identify among graduate degree holders?\",\"answer\":\"It describes systemic inequalities in both graduate degree attainment and earnings gaps by gender and by race/ethnicity.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the report characterize the value of graduate degrees?\",\"answer\":\"It states that graduate education provides significant value, but that greater regulatory oversight is needed to better address cost, debt, and equity challenges.\"}]","Graduate Degrees - Risky and Unequal Paths to the Top | PDF",1792053140,277]