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Something to consider...

Des Moines, Iowa, is the headquarters for the Principal Financial Group, the Meredith Corporation, and Ruan Transportation. Other major corporations such as Wells Fargo, ING Group, Marsh, and Pioneer Hi-Bred have large operations in or near the metro area. Because of this, Forbes Magazine ranked Des Moines as the fourth "Best Place for Business" in 2007.

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The Big Payoff: Educational Attainment and Synthetic Estimates of Work-Life Earnings (.pdf) comprised by the U.S. Department of Commerce reveals that over an adult's working life, high school graduates can expect, on average, to earn $1.2 million; those with a bachelor's degree, $2.1 million; and people with a master's degree, $2.5 million.


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