Introduction

The College Scorecard is a project of post-secondary school information aggregated, distributed, and maintained by the U.S. Department of Education.

The primary purpose of the Scorecard is to provide data to help prospective postsecondary students make informed enrollment decisions

— Technical Documentation of the College Scorecard Data

Our project seeks to isolate specific variables to answer the following questions: 1. Do specific degrees translate to higher earnings later in life? 2. Do more expensive schools translate to higher earnigns later in life?