For years, most students have placed a premium on the job-related benefits of going to college. The share of students who said getting a better job was a “very important reason” to attend college hit a record high of 87.9 percent in 2012 — and has hovered in the mid-80s since then, according to a national survey of incoming freshmen.
And while a four-year degree still pays off relative to not going to college, data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shows that new college graduates are facing tougher employment prospects than are
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