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Can Trade Schools Be More Lucrative Than Attending College?

Is college worth it? As his comprehensive research shows, the framing of the question is wrong. The decision to attend college is less important than the choices that come next: which school to attend and which subject to study he says.

He speaks to the report that assesses the economic value of 53,000 degree and certificate programs at thousands of colleges nationwide. The key measure of economic value is "return on investment" (ROI), defined as the amount that a student can expect to gain, financially, for having pursued a college degree. ROI compares the main financial benefit of college —…

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