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Graduate premium

Research shows decline in ‘graduate premium’ less pronounced for 1st and 2:1 degrees

Joint research from HESA and the Department of Economics at Warwick University finds graduates with a first or upper second class degree earn more, relative to non-graduates, than their peers with lower class degrees.

New research shows reduction in the ‘graduate premium’

Joint research from HESA and the Department of Economics at Warwick University found graduates born in 1990 earned 11% more than non-graduates at age 26, compared to the 19% graduate premium enjoyed by graduates born in 1970.