Wide gap between 20-year ROIs for healthcare workers, computer science workers

Colleges graduates working in healthcare lag behind college graduates in computer and math fields in 20-year returns on investment.

Graduates in computer- or math-related fields see an average ROI of $584,339 over 20 years. Workers in architecture or engineering see similar returns, averaging $561,475 over 20 years, according to Bloomberg Business.

However, graduates in healthcare fields earn less than their peers in computer or math fields, clocking in at a little more than $250,000 ROI. The numbers vary across the spectrum, with the largest ROIs coming from graduates of state universities. However, the survey excluded workers in fields that require graduate degrees, so the healthcare workers surveyed did not include physicians, according to the report.

The survey, conducted by PayScale, tracked the median salary for workers in the U.S. who graduated between 1995 and 2014. The company then compared the average 20-year earnings for a worker in the field with a high school diploma and another with a college degree and subtracted the difference, according to the report.

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