Community College Return on Investment

Dollars returned to the local economy for each spent on community colleges.

For every dollar invested in higher education, society can expect a very real return:

• A Florida study had similar findings with an average return of $13.37 in state output for every dollar of public support invested in a community college graduate with an associate arts or sciences degree (Center for Educational Performance & Accountability, Tallahassee, Florida, February 2006).

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