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Title: The Costs and Benefits of North Carolina's Early College High School Model. EdWorkingPaper No. 25-1136
Language: English
Authors: Brian Phillips, Julie A. Edmunds, Fatih Unlu, Elizabeth Glennie, Christine Mulhern, Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
Source: Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. 2025.
Availability: Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. Brown University Box 1985, Providence, RI 02912. Tel: 401-863-7990; Fax: 401-863-1290; e-mail: annenberg@brown.edu; Web site: https://annenberg.brown.edu/
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 43
Publication Date: 2025
Sponsoring Agency: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
Arnold Ventures
Contract Number: R305R060022
R305A110085
R305A140361
R305H190036
Document Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools
Secondary Education
Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Two Year Colleges
Descriptors: Costs, Educational Benefits, High Schools, Higher Education, Acceleration (Education), Dual Enrollment, College Preparation, Credentials, Students, Expenditure per Student, Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees, Educational Attainment, High School Students, Comparative Analysis
Geographic Terms: North Carolina
Abstract: Early colleges are high schools that blend the high school and college experiences. They have been shown to increase college enrollment and completion; however less is known about the costs of the early college model relative to traditional high schools. We leverage randomized assignment of North Carolina students to early colleges to estimate the costs, benefits, and net benefits (benefits minus costs) to society of individuals earning credentials via the early college model relative to the traditional high school route. The societal costs for each student earning an associate or bachelor's degree are roughly $10,000 less per student for students in the early college model, largely attributable to these students earning more college credits at less expensive institutions while in high school and fewer credits at more expensive institutions after high school. Because early college students are more likely to earn a postsecondary credential, the average societal costs of education across all students in our sample were roughly the same for early college and traditional high school students, and the higher level of educational attainment on average for early college students resulted in larger net benefits for the early college model of nearly $16,000 per student. We found larger net benefits for first generation and economically disadvantaged students than their counterparts not in those subgroups.
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