Unemployment Rates for High School and College Grads — Chart of the Day

Kurt Brouwer June 30th, 2008

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Source: Carpe Diem

Just looking at this chart should be definitive for anyone questioning the value of education. Those who did not finish high school have an unemployment rate of 8.1%. Yikes. That is tough. High school graduates have 4.7% unemployment, which is quite a bit lower, but college graduates only have 2.3% unemployment. If you want to see how this same distinction works out in terms of money, see also Higher Education Means Higher Income — Chart of the Day.

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