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From the Root:
Black Enterprise is highlighting a recent study by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce which asks whether getting a college education is worth the investment? Shereisa Ngo reports that the study investigates the economic value of 171 college majors and then goes even deeper to provide a breakdown of the highest and lowest-paying degrees by sex and race. Some of the careers that paid the most for African-Americans included Computer Networking and Telecommunications ($54,000), Architects ($55,000) and Medical Technologies Technicians ($55,000).
What we found interesting was the disparity in pay between Whites and blacks. For instance, while the average African-American architect makes $55,000, his white counterpart makes $65,000. While general engineering pays African-Americans $60,000 per year, White Americans in that field average $76,000. African-American computer scientists earn $61,000 while White American computer scientists earn $80,000. Interesting.
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