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Earnings Increase with Work Experience and Additional Education: Median Earnings by Major, 2010–2011
Source: A.P. Carnevale and B. Cheah, Hard Times 2013: College Majors, Unemployment and Earnings, Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2013. Prepared by the Council of Independent Colleges.
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