Socio-Economic Effects of Education in the Context of Economic Return

The article presents the issue of evaluation of economic and non-economic effects of education. We proceed from the basic educational terminology and methods for the evaluation of efficiency of education that may be used in this connection. We compare individual methods in terms of their advantages and disadvantages. In our methodology, we applied the selected methods used in evaluation of investments in the private sector to the environment of the public sector and the field of education. We applied the procedures elaborated in the analytical part of the methodological part to particular values, indicators and the environment of higher education institutions. The analytical part presents evaluation of individual efficiency of investments in all three degrees of higher education, as well as in education in branches of studies at higher education institutions.