Graduate Degree
The world is changing rapidly. Many jobs rely solely on new technology and already require more brainpower than muscle power. In a person's working life, more and more jobs will require education beyond high school and even an associate's or bachelor's degree. A graduate's degree will increase the number and variety of jobs from which a person can choose from. A graduate's degree is synonymous with higher income, a better standard of living, and a more satisfying job. Overall, a person who attends college earns more than a person who does not. The latest research seems to show that on average that successive levels of higher education equal increasingly higher incomes over the course of an individual's work life. Over the course of a lifetime (40 years) of working full time, the reports suggest the following average earnings in present value: with an associate's degree you can expect to earn 1.2 million; a bachelor's degree; 1.6 million; a masters degree; 2.1 million; doctorate;