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Title: Does It Pay to Attend a For-Profit College? Horizontal Stratification in Higher Education
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Denice, Patrick A. |
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Does It Pay to Attend a For-Profit College? Horizontal Stratification in Higher Education M.A. Thesis, University of Washington, 2012 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) Keyword(s): College Education; Colleges; Earnings; Educational Returns Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Mostly absent from the research investigating the economic returns to postsecondary education are examinations of the economic value of attending a for-profit institution, despite this sector's rapid growth over the past decade. Using the most recent available wave of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, I find that individuals who pursued their postsecondary education at a for-profit college earn significantly lower weekly compensation than individuals who did not attend a for-profit college. This difference is robust to the addition of individual, regional, and employment controls, and it is particularly concentrated among 2-year degree holders, women, and those working in the management and professional fields. Implications for the horizontal stratification of higher education are explored. |
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Denice, Patrick A. Does It Pay to Attend a For-Profit College? Horizontal Stratification in Higher Education. M.A. Thesis, University of Washington, 2012. |