It pays to get a college degree, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
On average, over the course of a career, college graduates with a bachelor's degree can expect to earn about $2.4 million, about $1 million more than those with just a high school diploma and about $600,000 more than those with a two-year associate's degree. And the more education you attain, the better your lifetime earnings tend to be: $2.8 million for those with a master's, $3.5 million for doctorate degree holders and $4.1 million for those with professional degrees.
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