{"id":537512,"date":"2026-06-24T13:12:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T13:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newjerseyheadlines.com\/news\/story\/537512\/edsmart-college-scorecard-analysis-finds-4x-pay-spread-among-bachelors-fields-in-roi-divide-report.html"},"modified":"2026-06-24T13:12:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T13:12:28","slug":"edsmart-college-scorecard-analysis-finds-4x-pay-spread-among-bachelors-fields-in-roi-divide-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.northcarolinaheadlines.com\/news\/story\/537512\/edsmart-college-scorecard-analysis-finds-4x-pay-spread-among-bachelors-fields-in-roi-divide-report.html","title":{"rendered":"EDsmart: College Scorecard Analysis Finds 4x Pay Spread Among Bachelor’s Fields in ROI Divide Report"},"content":{"rendered":"
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EDsmart infographic titled \u201cThe ROI Divide: College Scorecard Analysis 2026.\u201d The graphic shows two key findings side by side: a 4.0\u00d7 typical pay spread among bachelor\u2019s degree fields (College Scorecard median) and 40.4 million Americans with some college but no credential. Sources: College Scorecard, Census, National Student Clearinghouse. Full report: edsmart.org\/newsroom\/future-higher-ed-roi-divide. Credit: EDsmart.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
EDsmart released The ROI Divide, the first installment in its Future of Higher Education and Work research series. College Scorecard data show a roughly 4\u00d7 pay spread among bachelor\u2019s fields, 40.4M adults with some college and no credential, and sharp debt-to-earnings gaps by major family.<\/div>\n

Your draft was already data-accurate — all four headline stats checked out against the verified build. I made light wording updates so it matches the post–P1–P5 article (CIP clarification, 3.95× precision, completion labels, data vintage).<\/p>\n

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“4.0× … typical year-one pay”<\/td>\n“4× (3.95× in Scorecard data) … one year after completion”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CS vs Computational Science (no context)<\/td>\nCIP 11.07 vs 30.30, noted as separate published fields<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
“Scorecard build analyzed”<\/td>\n“seven-family Scorecard extract” (matches article chart)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Generic data sources<\/td>\nMay 2026 Scorecard pull; April 2023 NSC for 40.4M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Unchanged (already correct): 40.4M, $78,207 \/ $44,130 completion bands, Fine Arts 1.6× vs CS ~0.4×, quote, URL, About EDsmart.<\/p>\n

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EDsmart released the first installment in its Future of Higher Education and Work<\/em> research series: The ROI Divide, a data-driven report on how the economic value of college increasingly depends on program choice, completion, debt relative to pay, and labor-market demand—not whether a degree “works” on average.<\/p>\n

Read the full report: https:\/\/www.edsmart.org\/newsroom\/future-higher-ed-roi-divide\/<\/a><\/p>\n

The report combines federal education, labor, and earnings data to explain why some bachelor’s pathways continue to generate strong returns while others struggle to keep pace with rising costs and shifting workforce demand. Figures reflect national program medians from public sources (half of reported programs fall above each median, half below); they are benchmarks for comparison, not guarantees about any single graduate’s offer.<\/p>\n

Among the report’s key findings:<\/p>\n