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A report suggests graduating from university increases average earnings at age 29 by 28% for women and 8% for men.

Studying maths at Oxford is the course and institution combination that gives women graduates the greatest earnings return
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Studying maths at Oxford is the course and institution combination that gives women graduates the greatest earnings return. 

For men the top pairing is an economics degree at the University of Bristol, with them seeing an average return of more than three times as much.
A report, commissioned by the Department for Education (DfE), suggests graduating from university increases average earnings at age 29 by 28% for women and 8% for men...

Chris Belfield, co-author of the report and a research economist at IFS, said: “The share of young people going to university has increased rapidly in recent years, leading to more people with lower prior attainment and without science or maths A-levels attending higher education.

“This has led to particular interest in the returns for this group of students.

“We find that going to HE has only a small impact on the early-career earnings of men in this group.
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Source: Belfast Telegraph