States percentage of 25 and older holding a graduate degree.

Estimated life earnings of a college graduate is 2.1 million.

Estimated life earnings of a person with a graduate degree is 2.4 million.

Masters’ degree is 30 hours and will give you about a 25% increase in pay

for a starting salary.

When I graduated from college in 1961, about 7 percent of the males

had an undergraduate degree.

Now, more than that have a masters’ degree. You know what you

need to do – and you get paid to get a graduate degree.

1. Washington, D.C.	23.6 percent
2. Massachusetts	14.5 percent
3. Maryland	14.1 percent
4. Connecticut	13.7 percent
5. Virginia	12.9 percent
6. New York	12.6 percent
7. Vermont	12.3 percent
8. Colorado	11.5 percent
8. New Jersey	11.5 percent
10. New Mexico	11.0 percent
11. Illinois	10.6 percent
12. New Hampshire	10.5 percent
13. Washington	10.1 percent
13. California	10.1 percent
15. Rhode Island	9.9 percent
16. Alaska	9.8 percent
17. Oregon	9.5 percent
18. Minnesota	9.3 percent
19. Delaware	9.2 percent
20. Kansas	8.9 percent
20. Missouri	8.9 percent
20. Pennsylvania	8.9 percent
23. Hawaii	8.8 percent
24. Florida	8.5 percent
25. Michigan	8.3 percent
26. Arizona	8.2 percent
27. Texas	8.0 percent
28. Georgia	7.9 percent
28. Utah	7.9 percent
30. Maine	7.8 percent
31. North Carolina	7.7 percent
31. South Carolina	7.7 percent
31. Indiana	7.7 percent
34. Ohio	7.6 percent
35. Montana	7.5 percent
35. Kentucky	7.5 percent
35. Alabama	7.5 percent
38. Nebraska	7.4 percent
39. Wisconsin	7.2 percent
39. Wyoming	7.2 percent
41. Idaho	7.1 percent
42. Tennessee	7.1 percent
43. Louisiana	6.7 percent
43. North Dakota	6.7 percent
45. West Virginia	6.6 percent
46. Oklahoma	6.5 percent
46. Arkansas	6.5 percent
48. Iowa	6.3 percent
49. South Dakota	6.1 percent
50. Nevada	5.9 percent
57. Mississippi	5.8 Percent