Percentage of U.S. High School Completers from 2000-2014 enrolled in 2- or 4-year colleges by the October immediately following high school completion
NOTE: High school completers are individuals ages 16 to 24 who graduated from high school or completed a GED or other high school equivalency credential prior to October of the calendar yearSOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), October Supplement, 2000 through 2016. See Digest of Education Statistics 2017, table 302.20. The immediate college enrollment rate for White students was higher in 2016 (71 percent) than in 2000 (65 percent), as was the rate for Hispanic students (71 percent in 2016 and 49 percent in 2000). The enrollment rate for Asian students was also higher in 2016 (87 percent) than in 2003 (74 percent), when the collection of separate data on Asian students began. 5 The immediate college enrollment rate for Black students in 2016 (56 percent) was not measurably different from the rate in 2000. The immediate college enrollment rate for White students was higher than that for Black students every year since 2000 except for 2010, when there was no measurable difference between their rates. Additionally, the immediate college enrollment rate for White students was higher than that for Hispanic students from 2000 through 2010. In every year since 2011, there was no measurable difference between the immediate college enrollment rates for White and Hispanic students. The immediate college enrollment rate for Black students was higher than the rate for Hispanic students in 2000, not measurably different from the rate for Hispanic students in 2001 through 2014, and lower than the rate for Hispanic students in 2015 and 2016. The immediate college enrollment rate for Asian students was higher than the rates for Black students and Hispanic students every year since 2003. In addition, the enrollment rate for Asian students was higher than the rate for White students every year since 2004.
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