Liberal Arts Pay Off in the Long Run

[Dave_Berry]

“It might take a while. But in the long run, an education at a liberal arts college, particularly at one of the most selective ones and those with large numbers of science, technology, engineering and math majors, pays off more than an education at other colleges, finds a study released today by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce.” …

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/01/14/long-term-look-return-investment-reveals-positive-indicators-liberal-arts

[RichInPitt]

The study found that liberal arts colleges were the third most lucrative among 14 types of colleges, as defined by the Carnegie Classification system. They trailed only doctoral universities with the highest and second-highest amounts of research activity – including well-known ones like the California Institute of Technology, Duke University and Harvard University, many public flagship universities, and institutions with strong pre-professional programs like Chapman, Hampton and Villanova Universities.

Not really surprising that four-year selective LACs are above average when that average includes every type of educational institution - vocational schools, “Faith-based institutions”, etc.

I would hypothesize that they compete with the categories noted above more directly.

[saillakeerie]

In the long run we are all dead.