Life outcomes differ dramatically by education level: high school graduates live 8 years shorter than college graduates; 40% of high school grads are obese vs 20% of college grads; high school grads marry less and divorce twice as often; 60% of births to high school-educated women happen out of wedlock vs a rate 20 times lower for college-educated women; opioid death rate is 10 per 100,000 for high school grads vs 2 per 100,000 for college grads.