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Table 4

Returns to higher education in 2019 and 2021 by field of study

Fields of study	Returns to education 2019	Returns to education 2021	Difference	SE	t-stat	p-value
1. Teaching	1.664	1.571	−0.093	0.246	−0.378	0.706
2. Social science, law, art, and humanities	1.227	1.291	0.064	0.199	0.322	0.747
3. Business	1.127	1.432	0.306	0.345	0.887	0.375
4. Computer related	1.178	1.091	−0.088	0.223	−0.395	0.693
5. Science, agriculture, engineer, and architect	0.066	0.112	0.045	0.106	0.424	0.672
6. Healthcare	1.387	1.943	0.556	0.196	2.841	0.004

Fields of study	Returns to education 2019	Returns to education 2021	Difference	SE	t-stat	p-value
1. Teaching	1.664	1.571	−0.093	0.246	−0.378	0.706
2. Social science, law, art, and humanities	1.227	1.291	0.064	0.199	0.322	0.747
3. Business	1.127	1.432	0.306	0.345	0.887	0.375
4. Computer related	1.178	1.091	−0.088	0.223	−0.395	0.693
5. Science, agriculture, engineer, and architect	0.066	0.112	0.045	0.106	0.424	0.672
6. Healthcare	1.387	1.943	0.556	0.196	2.841	0.004

Note(s): Comparison of MTE2019 and MTE2021 estimates

Source(s): Authors’ calculation using the SES 2019 and SES 2021 datasets