Going to university is still financially worth it ... for some

The Institute of Fiscal Studies has calculated that most students still financially benefit from going to university but 20% are worse off after paying for courses. Over their working lives, male graduates, on average, gain by £130,000 and female graduates by £100,000. The study shows wide variations between different subjects. For women, the financial gains of studying creative arts and languages are ‘close to zero’ Medicine will bring an extra £340,000 for women, economics £270,000 and £260,000 for Law. Men studying creative arts subjects are projected to lose £100,000, compared to their counterparts who did not go to university. For men in the top-earning subject areas of Medicine and Economics, the likely gain is £500,000. For both men and women there are low financial returns for graduates in English and Biology