Diplomas sign of hard work, achievement
At the GED graduation ceremony at Colorado Mountain College June 5, graduates earned 41 GEDs and two adult high school diplomas from the college’s Glenwood Springs and Carbondale centers and Aspen campus.
Getting a GED or adult high school diploma can translate into serious earning power, research shows.
According to the U.S. Department of Education, the median income for someone between 18 and 67 years of age who did not finish high school was roughly $23,000 per year in 2008. Someone between those ages who completed high school or earned a GED had a median annual income of approximately $42,000. Over a lifetime, that’s a difference of about $630,000. Photos: Julie Albrecht.
