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☆ Americans Are Losing Faith in the Value of College. Whose Fault Is That?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Paul Tough | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Economists have a term for the gap that exists between the incomes of college graduates and high school graduates: the college wage premium. When employers want more college graduates, the premium goes up; when there is a surplus of college grads, the premium goes down. In theory, today’s sky-high college wage premium should mean a surge of young people onto college campuses, not the opposite. But as a measure of the true value of higher education, the college wage premium has one important limitation. Unlike the college wage premium, the college wealth premium looks at all your assets and all your debts: what you’ve got in the bank, whether you own a house, your student-loan balance.

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☆ Millennials aren't as rich as they were a year ago. Here's why.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The average millennial's net worth grew from $64,000 to $111,000 between the first quarter of 2020 and 2022. But just two years later, as of the first quarter of 2022, the average millennials' net worth surged to $111,000. As of the fourth quarter of last year — the most recent measure – millennials' average net worth had fallen to roughly $106,000. And what are the key factors that could impact millennials' wealth trajectory in the years to come? According to Ricketts, millennials' net worth has "plateaued" — rather than notably declined — over the past year.

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