Jordan Matsudaira, Meredith Welch, Jeff Wheble, and Clare McCann

Explore the data with PEER’s Graduate Loan Limits Impact Explorer

This brief from scholars Joseph G. Altonji and Zhengren Zhu finds that, while graduate degrees pay off on average, the returns to earnings vary widely across fields and when accounting for the costs of enrollment and foregone earnings.

Gainful employment regulations complement the protections for students and taxpayers newly created in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act