# Colleges That Don’t Produce Big Earners

**URL:** <https://discussion.fool.com/t/colleges-that-don-t-produce-big-earners/74122>\
**Category:** Macro Economic Trends and Risks\
**Created:** [August 22, 2022, 4:06pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/colleges-that-don-t-produce-big-earners/74122 "2022-08-22T16:06:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 4:06pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/colleges-that-don-t-produce-big-earners/74122/1 "2022-08-22T16:06:32Z")

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… what’s the rational for attendance? Charity?

_ **Some Colleges Don’t Produce Big Earners. Are They Worth It?** _  
_[https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/20/your-money/college-gradua…](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/20/your-money/college-graduate-earnings.html?action=click&algo=bandit-all-surfaces-variants-shadow-als-time-cutoff-30&alpha=0.05&block=trending_recirc&fellback=false&imp_id=581472433&impression_id=e56dd0e0-2254-11ed-b346-c9c77c7a6b6f&index=5&pgtype=Article&pool=pool%2F91fcf81c-4fb0-49ff-bd57-a24647c85ea1&region=footer&req_id=290701812&shadow_implicit=0.9580033510317443&surface=eos-most-popular-story&variant=2_bandit-eng30s-shadow-als)_

_Many attendees aren’t better off financially than those who have only a high school degree, at least not right away. How should applicants consider these institutions?_

The author provides a helpful Excel spreadsheet with his data.  
[https://www.thirdway.org/report/higher-eds-broken-bridge-to-…](https://www.thirdway.org/report/higher-eds-broken-bridge-to-the-middle-class)

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