{"id":1161,"date":"2014-02-24T18:11:49","date_gmt":"2014-02-24T18:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hfcc.mycareerfocus.org\/?p=1161"},"modified":"2014-02-24T18:11:49","modified_gmt":"2014-02-24T18:11:49","slug":"the-right-amount-of-higher-education-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hfcc.mycareerfocus.org\/spring-2017-volume-1-issue-1\/the-right-amount-of-higher-education-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Right Amount of Higher Education"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"rightamount\"<\/a><\/p>\n

You don\u2019t have to commit to four years of college to increase your income.<\/p>\n

In choosing a career, it\u2019s important to know your personal interests and talents, the job outlook for occupations matching your interests and talents, the education required, and the earnings you can expect\u2014annually and over a lifetime.<\/p>\n

Several recent economic studies shed light on the outlook for national and local jobs, and help answer the question, \u201cHow much higher education do I need?\u201d<\/p>\n

More job openings\u00a0<\/b>for skilled workers<\/b><\/p>\n

A 2010 study from Georgetown University \u201cHelp Wanted: Projections of Jobs and Education Requirements through 2018,\u201d included these two conclusions:<\/p>\n

By 2018, the U.S. economy will create 46.8 million job openings and 63 percent of these will require workers with at least some college education.<\/p>\n

By 2018, the postsecondary system will have produced 3 million fewer college graduates than demanded by the labor market.<\/p>\n

While 65 percent of workers with a high school diploma and no college experience have household incomes placing them in the middle class or above, completion of an associate\u2019s degree raises this proportion to 80 percent. Earning a bachelor\u2019s degree pushes the proportion in the middle class or above to 86 percent. While 65 percent of workers with a high school diploma and no college experience have household incomes placing them in the middle class or above, completion of an associate\u2019s degree raises this proportion to 80 percent. Earning a bachelor\u2019s degree pushes the proportion in the middle class or above to 86 percent.<\/p>\n

Middle-skills jobs on the rise<\/b><\/p>\n

One in every five jobs and nearly half of those that pay $35,000 or more a year are \u201cmiddle-skills\u201d jobs that require training beyond high school, but less than a bachelor\u2019s degree.<\/p>\n

These jobs include nurses, computer support specialists, auto mechanics, dental hygienists, fitness trainers, heating and air conditioning mechanics, hairstylists, paralegals, pre-school teachers, and medical laboratory technicians.<\/p>\n

These middle-skill jobs are quite varied. In some you work with your hands, some you work with logic and numbers, and in others you work with people.<\/p>\n

Middle-skills jobs and\u00a0middle-class pay\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

In The College Payoff,<\/i> labor market economists at Georgetown University indicate that 28 percent of workers with an associate\u2019s degree earned more than the median earnings of workers with bachelor\u2019s degrees.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s worth repeating: Nearly 3 in 10 workers with associate\u2019s degrees earn more than half of the workers with bachelor\u2019s degrees. The high earnings of registered nurses have a lot to do with that, but it\u2019s not just nurses.<\/p>\n

The economic benefit of additional education and training over a lifetime can be substantial.<\/p>\n

Some postsecondary education, even without earning a degree, adds nearly one-quarter of a million dollars to lifetime earnings.<\/p>\n

An associate\u2019s degree is worth over $420,000 in lifetime earnings above what you can expect to earn as a high school graduate.<\/p>\n

Add it up and the middle looks like a pretty nice place to be!<\/p>\n

Craig Clagett, Laura Lyjak Crawford\"infographic\"<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

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