Economic Impact
According to an independent socioeconomic study of EvCC alumni, EvCC students are measurably better off as a result of their education.
Students who leave with a two-year college degree earn, on average, twice as much as adults without a high school diploma and 35 percent more than those with a high school diploma or GED.
Eighty percent of EvCC students stay in the region to work after they leave college.
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