Blair, B. F., & Millea, M. (2004). Quantifying the Benefits of Cooperative Education. Journal of Cooperative Education and Internships, 38(1), 67-72.
Cooperative Education professionals have called for empirical evidence to support the claims of benefits to cooperative education. This study identifies these benefits in terms of GPA and starting salaries of 5,506 graduates. Overall, co-op students outperform non-co-op students in terms of GPA and salary. The sample is broken down by major. Business and engineering majors who coop earn higher GPAs; for other majors, co-op has a positive affect on starting salaries.