Your first job after college can lock in an earnings gap for years. New research reveals how low-income graduates get hit hardest. Here's what you can do about it.

Not everyone can or wants to go to college, but there are other ways to land a job that pays well, has career longevity and provides workers with a sense of satisfaction in what they do. Aircraft ...

More than 60% of the college class of 2026 are pessimistic about starting their careers. The roughly 19.6 million undergraduates returning to campus this school year face bad news about bleak job ...

If you think most Americans finish college, think again. Going to college is an American rite of passage. But not everyone goes to college, and many students never make it to graduation. Among ...

WASHINGTON — For a generation of young Americans, choosing where to go to college — or whether to go at all — has become a complex calculation of costs and benefits that often revolves around a single ...

Data shows young college grads are feeling the brunt of the labor market slowdown. One think tank has dubbed the U.S. "no country for young grads." Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell acknowledged a ...

A college degree still provides young workers with economic and professional advantages, the Cleveland Fed analysis found. Once employed, college graduates earn more than their degreeless counterparts ...

Peter Gratton, Ph.D., is a New Orleans-based editor and professor with over 20 years of experience in investing, risk management, and public policy. Peter began covering markets at Multex (Reuters) ...