Present Value of Knowing Math Well?
RiderOfGiraffes: http://www.prospects.ac.uk/cms/ShowPage/Home_page/What_do_gr...From the above page, in the UK:Financial returnsBack in 2001, the government reported that graduates' lifetime earnings would be £400,000 greater than those who ended their full-time education with A-levels. Recent estimates have been more conservative. According to a study from the University of Wales Swansea, after taking into accounts the costs of acquiring a degree (foregone earnings and tuition costs), male graduates can expect to see their lifetime earnings (net of taxes) increased by £141,539 over similar men who finished their education with two or more A-levels. The corresponding figure for women is £157,982, reinforcing the findings from other studies that women benefit even more than their male counterpart from a university education....The financial benefits of a degree are, perhaps unsurprisingly, subject dependent. Maths and computing degrees were found to offer the greatest increase in lifetime earnings for male graduates, whilst a degree in education represents the highest returns for women. The Swansea report concluded that the cost of gaining a degree is far less than the potential increase in lifetime earnings for the majority of graduates.Unattributed - you can Google:"Both graduates and non graduates who took Maths A-level ended up earning on average 10 percent more than those of similar ability and background who did not"There's lots more if you look for it. The consensus is that having a qualification in mathematics has a measurable impact on your earnings.