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College Graduates Well-Protected Against Recession

How Much Protection Does a College Degree Afford? The Impact of the Recession on Recent College Graduates, the newest research from Pew’s Economic Mobility Project, reveals that a four-year college degree helped shield the latest graduates from a range of poor employment outcomes during the Great Recession, including unemployment, low-skill jobs, and lesser wages.

Read the press release here.

Download the full report (.pdf) here.

Read an article about the research from Forbes here.

Read an article about the research from The Huffington Post here.