Degrees deliver salaries that rise faster and peak higher

By Alan Tovey. Getting a degree pays off when it comes to earnings with graduates enjoying salaries that accelerate faster and flatten out at a higher level and later age than those who did not go to university, ONS data finds. 
New data from the Office for National Statistics showed that graduates’ annual earnings levelled out at a median of £35,000 a year at about 38 years old. 
This compares with average earnings of those who did apprenticeships of about £27,000, levelling out at the age of about 37. However those who took apprenticeships had higher starting salaries, averaging £17,383 a year at 21, compared with £14,343 for graduates. More...