As we head towards $100,000 university degrees, the investment decision becomes increasingly critical. No longer is an undergraduate degree simply three or four years in a person’s life. Large debts are going to be attached. So will the expected increase in lifetime earnings offset this?
It is hard to say because there are a lot of factors at play. However doing an economics degree still looks like a good return on investment for school leavers:
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