The Perils of Post-Graduate EducationOf the 22 million Americans with post-graduate degrees in 2010, about 360,000 required some form of public assistance. (Source: The Chronicle)

More than half of those students who pursue a master’s degree will take on an average of $31,000 in debt to pay for it.

(Source: Washington Post)

That number has doubled since 2007.

Biology and life science degree holders earn 70% more with a graduate degree in their discipline; journalism and

communication majors only earn 19-25% more. (Source: US News & World Report)

Those with a medical or legal degree will make an average of $4.4 million in their lifetime. Other Ph.D. holders only make $3.4

million. Those with a master’s make $2.5 million, just slightly above the $2.1 million for a bachelor’s. (Source: US Census Bureau)

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