(Vancouver) A new study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives challenges the conventional wisdom that the public heavily subsidizes post-secondary education. Paid in Full: Who Pays for University Education in BC calculates the full financial contribution that students make towards their post-secondary degrees in British Columbia, taking into account two ways in which students...
Issue(s): Education, Taxes and tax cuts
Projects & Initiatives: Public Interest Research Project (BC)
January 25, 2012
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This study shows that university graduates more than pay off the cost of their undergraduate degrees: degrees mean higher incomes, which mean higher taxes paid into the public treasury. These two infographics from the study help explain our calculations (click to enlarge):
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