Making College Worth It: A Review of Research on the Returns to Higher Education

Recent stories of soaring student debt levels and under-placed college graduates have caused some to question whether a college education is still a sound investment. In this paper, we review the literature on the returns to higher education in an attempt to determine who benefits from college.

近期有关学生债务规模持续高企、大学毕业生就业适配性不足的相关报道，令部分群体开始质疑大学教育是否仍是一项明智的投资。本文梳理了高等教育回报率领域的相关研究文献，旨在明确大学教育究竟能使哪些群体获益。