Societal Benefits

• People with college experience contribute time and money to charitable causes at a higher rate than those with less education.
• Increased levels of education are associated with the increased likelihood of voting.
• The typical college graduate working full-time, year-round pays about 134 percent more in federal taxes and almost 80 percent more in total federal, state and local taxes than the typical high school graduate.
• College graduates are more likely than others to donate blood.
• Adults with higher levels of education are more likely than others to be open to differing opinions.
• Workers with lower education levels earn more if others in the same metropolitan area are more educated.
• College graduates are much less likely than individuals with lower levels of education to be unemployed, rely on public assistance programs or live in a poverty-level household.
• Among all racial/ethnic groups, unemployment rates are much lower for college graduates than for high school graduates.