Earn More with a High School Diploma
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- 1. High School Success Pays! Diploma’s are worth $$$$$$
- 3. Unemployment rate in 2008 (Percent) Education Attained Median Weekly earnings in 2008(Dollars) 2.0% Doctoral Degree $1,555 1.7 Professional Degree 1,522 2.4 Master’s Degree 1,228 2.8 Bachelor’s Degree 978 3.7 Associate Degree 736 5.1 Some College, No degree 645 5.7 HS graduate 591 9.0 Less than HS Diploma 426 Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey
- 4. Doctoral Degree Finished Doctoral program (typically 2 years or more to complete) after completing Master’s Degree Professional Degree Finished additional 2 years (at least) after completing Master’s Degree Master’s Degree Finished additional 2 years (at least) after completing Bachelor’s Degree Bachelor’s Degree Finished 4 years of college (either all at university or 2 at jr college and 2 at university) Associate Degree Finished a 2 year jr college or college program Some College, No degree Took college classes, didn’t finish a degree program HS graduate Completes High School Less than HS Diploma GED is not always accepted or paid equal to a HS Diploma Order of Degrees
- 5. Who’s Graduating in the United States & Who isn’t? • Only 69 % of all students in the United States graduate from HS with a regular diploma in four years.
- 6. Nationally, ⅓ of students —about 1.3 million each year— leave high school without a diploma, at a high cost to themselves & our society. Who’s Graduating in the US & Who isn’t?
- 7. Every school day, 7,000 American high school students become dropouts. Who’s Graduating in the US & Who isn’t?
- 8. Graduation Gaps Who’s Graduating in the US & Who isn’t?
- 9. Why students need to graduate from high school (1) • Over a lifetime, a high school dropout earns, on average, about $260,000 less than a high school graduate and about $1 million less than a college graduate.
- 10. •Almost 90 % of the fastest-growing & highest-paying jobs require some Post secondary education (that means college), having a HS diploma & the skills to succeed in college & the workplace Why students need to graduate from high school (2)
- 11. Why students need to graduate from high school (3) • Approximately 75% of state prison inmates did not complete high school. 5% more males graduated it would save approximately $4.9 billion in related crime costs each year.