Ever wondered if the money and time spent on a college degree is worth it?

It is.

A new report from the Center for Education and the Workforce at Georgetown University says most new jobs are going to college graduates, both those holding bachelor’s and associate’s degrees, CNN reports.

When the recession hit the U.S. between December, 2007 and January, 2010, 7.2 million jobs were lost.

Since the U.S. job market began recovering in 2010, 11.6 million jobs were created. More than half of those, 8.4 million, were given to college graduates.

Unfortunately, the report also points out that American workers who hold only a high school diploma still have not recovered from the cut into the labor force.

In the same time period that college graduates were being hired, only 1 percent of the 5.6 million workers who hold only a high school diploma and lost their job during the recession have found work.

Want to read the entire breakdown of the report? Visit http://money.cnn.com/2016/06/30/news/economy/college-grads-jobs/index.html

And, keep studying. It will pay off in the end.