US Life Expectancy Gap Widens Among Those Who Do and Don't Have College Degrees  

FILE - In this Nov. 29, 2018, photo students and passers-by walk past an entrance to Boston University College of Arts and Sciences in Boston.

People in the U.S. with college degrees live longer than people without degrees, MSNBC reports.

Princeton University economists found the gap between people with and without college degrees in the U.S. widened since the 1990s, so that by 2021, there was an 8.5-year lifespan difference between the two groups. (October 2023)