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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, here’s the opening paragraph from the CEW report on NPV:

“Did you know that in the first year after graduation you can make more money with an associate’s degree in nursing from Santa Rosa Junior College in California than with a graduate degree from some programs at Harvard University?“

If you think it’s helpful to compare a nursing degree (which is a professional degree) to an English degree, these numbers make sense. However, keep in mind, you’re comparing apples and oranges. [/quote]

You can select the types of schools you are comparing with the tools provided.  For instance, you can compare only 4 year publics in an individual state.

There is another report in CEW that calculates value add by comparing actual earnings with expected earnings given the mix of majors of the graduates of the school.  For instance, a school with a higher percentage of engineering graduates tends to have a higher average earnings overall at least in the short term than a school with a lower percentage of engineering graduates, all other things being equal.   Their analysis controls for majors of graduates.

It is a data point to consider among many.  I think it is probably impossible to capture all value add factors, like cost of living, and the tendency for schools with a higher percentage of male graduates to have a boost in their average earnings (because male college graduates earn more on average than female graduates).  [/quote]

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