Report: ​Premium On Fields Of Study: The Returns To Higher Education In Singapore

The rate of return for tertiary education tends to be higher compared to non-tertiary education.  Professional and more technical fields of study at university degree level also have higher rates of returns than less technical ones. 

This occasional paper studies the rates of returns to investment in education for workers, with particular focus on the returns to education for various fields of study at the polytechnic diploma and university first degree levels.