Numbers Illustrate College Tech Prep Value

• Workers with associate degrees earn 25-30 percent more than workers with a high school diploma.

OBR Performance Report, 2002
 

• Six months after graduation, associate degree graduates earn an average of $31,975 annually, while four-year grads earn $33,220 on average.

OBOR Performance Report, 2002
 

• 83% of workers with associate degrees earn the same as workers with bachelor’s degrees.

Carnevale & Desrochers, Help Wanted…Credentials Required, 2001
 

• $48,434 is the average family income with head of household possessing a high school diploma. $57,315 is the average family income with head of household possessing two years of college or more. $85,423 is the average family income with head of household possessing a bachelor's degree.

Postsecondary Opportunity Report, 1998-1999
 

• The annual average wage for the nation's high-tech workforce was $58,000 in 1998, compared with the average private sector wage of $32,000, an 82 percent difference.

The American Electronics Association, 2000
 

• Approximately two-thirds of Ohio's new jobs now require advanced information technology skills.

Ohio Bureau of Employment Services, 1999
 

• Total personal income in Ohio increased by just four percent in 1999, compared to a national increase of 5.8 percent. For the last 23 years, Ohio has ranked below the national average in total personal income.

The Ohio Public Expenditure Council, 2000

Ohio's economic potential is limited due to an undereducated population.  College Tech Prep addresses these issues:

• In Ohio, only 54.5% of high school graduates pursue some type of postsecondary education, below the national average of 58.8%. In certain areas of the state, this education deficit is even more striking.
   

• Ohio ranks 33rd in the U.S. in progressing towards the information age economy.

Progressive Policy Institute, 1999
 

• No Ohio city ranks among the nation's top 50 metropolitan areas with a high-tech economy, although Ohio's cities are ranked among the nation’s most populous.

Milliken Institute, 1999
 

• Ohio is in the nation’s lowest quadrant in retaining and attracting individuals with bachelor's and master's degrees.

Southern Technology Council, 2000
 

• Ohio has lost more than 100,000 people in the prime working ages of 18-44 to other states in the last 10 years.

Ohio Department of Development, 2000
 

• Ohio ranks 39th in the U.S. in percentage of population with a bachelor's degree.

Ohio Board of Regents, 2000

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