Chart assignment
Charts to read and discuss
Read each chart, then answer its questions. Every chart shows its source and date; open it for a table of the numbers and the data to download.
Chart 1 of 1 · College
How much do students from your college earn 10 years later?
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Search 1,782 colleges that mainly award bachelor's degrees. Ten years after starting, former students of Ohio State earned a median of $67,080 a year, and those of California Institute of Technology, CA, the highest, $166,642. Earnings cover only students who received federal aid (grants or loans), whether or not they graduated, and who were working and not in school. They describe students who started about ten years before, with earnings in the two years through 2023, adjusted for inflation.
Questions to discuss
- In one sentence of your own, what does this chart show?
- Find the biggest change or difference in the chart. What might explain it?
- Who collected these numbers, and how recent are they? What else would you want to know before drawing a conclusion?
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (Public domain (U.S. government work)) · Data as of Dec 31, 2023
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