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Do Measures of College Quality Matter? The Effect of College Quality on Graduates' Earnings

Author(s) -

Liang Zhang

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

review of higher education/the review of higher education

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.399

H-Index - 64

eISSN - 1090-7009

pISSN - 0162-5748

DOI - 10.1353/rhe.2005.0053

Subject(s) - quality (philosophy) , earnings , psychology , college education , mathematics education , demographic economics , accounting , economics , philosophy , epistemology

This study reviews and explores varying effects of college quality caused by different measures of college quality, including Barron's ratings, mean SAT scores of entering freshman class, tuition and fees, and Carnegie Classification. Data for this research come from NCES's Baccalaureate & Beyond study. Results indicate that the estimated effect of college quality is sensitive to the measure of college quality, suggesting that different measures of college quality may provide a partial explanation for varying effects of college quality in previous studies. More importantly, this analysis shows that the common wisdom—that it pays to attend high-quality colleges—is robust to these measures.

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