PhD Production and Quantitative Academic Quality Rankings

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at colleges lower in prestige and admission difficulty, for example, those lower on the USNews list, advanced degree attainment is much less common. Does this mean these students graduate with better job prospects?

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<p>It might mean those students feel they have to get into the full-time labor force, because they come from lower-income families. </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.jackkentcookefoundation.org/jkcf_web/Documents/Achievement%20Trap.pdf[/url]”>http://www.jackkentcookefoundation.org/jkcf_web/Documents/Achievement%20Trap.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;