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This research looks at:

• how the distribution of degree classifications awarded changed between 1999 and 2015
• the estimated benefit to an individual鈥檚 earnings at age 30 when they receive a first class degree over an upper second class
• the penalty for receiving a lower second class or third class degree

This is broken down by subject and into provider groupings, based on average selectivity.

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