Education pays:


Earnings and unemployment for persons 25 and over

		       Weekly 		   Unemployment
		       earnings	               rate
 
College graduate	$896			1.7%

Less than a 		 598			2.7
bachelor's degree

High school graduates,	 506			3.5
no college

Less than a high	 360			6.4
school diploma


SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics.  2000 annual averages.