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Female community college grads earn less than male dropouts

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Women with community college associate degrees earn far less in business, marketing, and information technology (IT) careers than men who did not complete their degrees, a new study by Iowa State University researchers finds.

Among the study's business sample, women with associate degrees made $27,377 on average in 2007—five years after graduation—while men without a degree earned $37,745. Among marketing students, women with an associate degree earned an average of $28,211, while men with no degree earned $35,354.

In IT careers, women who earned associate degrees made 52.1 percent more in 2007 than they did in 2003—compared with a 41.5 increase for men with degrees. In the first year after graduating with an associate degree, women earned an average of $23,076—nearly $7,000 less than men without degrees.

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Apr 23, 2010
rjbischof said...
"Compton acknowledges that the gender disparity may be artificially inflated because the earnings figures do not consider part-time vs. full-time employment & previous literature has reported that a higher percentage of women turn to part-time employment while raising young children."
Apr 23, 2010
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