College Participation
General
Status and Trends in the Education of Racial and Ethnic Groups (July 2010), National Center for Education Statistics
This report examines the educational progress and challenges of students in the United States by race/ethnicity. It shows that over time, the numbers of students of each race/ethnicity who have completed high school and continued their education in college have increased. Despite these gains, the rate of progress has varied. Most minority groups disproportionately attended public colleges, a much higher percentage of black students were enrolled at for-profit colleges and women earned more degrees than men.Report on the Impact of the Economy on College Enrollment (PDF), 2009, Longmire and Company
In our current economic climate, the ability to pay for college is becoming even more important to college-bound students and their parents. This study reflects the responses of students and parents from all 50 states regarding the ways in which the economy is anticipated to affect their fall 2009 enrollment options. The role of college cost, financial aid availability, expected changes in application volume and retention are addressed.Imagine Success: Engaging Entering Students (March 2009), Center for Community College Student Engagement
Community colleges today typically lose about half of their students prior to the students’ second year of college. This report outlines six design principles that are critical to maximizing students' success. Results are based on data from the Survey of Entering Student Engagement which includes several items that measure the extent to which students feel connected to instructors, staff and other students during their first three weeks of attending college.Minorities in Higher Education 2008, American Council on Education
"Despite significant gains in college enrollment rates for young people from all races, progress was uneven and gaps widened. In 2006, 61 percent of Asian Americans aged 18 to 24 were enrolled in college compared with 44 percent of whites, 32 percent of African Americans, and 25 percent of Hispanics and American Indians respectively."Fast Facts about High School Graduates (2007), Minnesota Office of Higher Education
"In fall 2005, approximately 66 percent of Minnesota high school graduates enrolled in a postsecondary institution the fall following graduation. Fifty percent of Minnesota high school graduates attended a Minnesota postsecondary institution, while 16 percent attended postsecondary institutions outside Minnesota."Fast Facts 2007 (2007), U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics
According to data from the National Center for Education Statistics, in 2005, 69 percent of high school completers, nationally, went directly to college.Facts about Enrollment (2007), Minnesota Office of Higher Education
"In fall 2007, 397,059 students were enrolled in Minnesota public and private post-secondary institutions. Of these, 303,431 were undergraduates and 93,628 were graduate students. 63 percent of students were enrolled in public institutions, compared to 37 percent in private institutions."Underserved populations
Status and Trends in the Education of Racial and Ethnic Minorities, U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (2007)
"From 1990 to 2005, all racial/ethnic groups shown experienced an increase in the percentage of adults age 25 and over who had completed high school, and the percentages of White, Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native adults with bachelor's degrees also increased. During the same time period, the gap between White and Black adults in terms of high school completions narrowed, while there was no measurable change in the White-Hispanic gap."Minnesota losing ground in college participation of students from low-income families (February 2006), Minnesota Private College Council NEWS. Data analysis from Postsecondary Education Opportunity
Low-income students in Minnesota are becoming less likely to make it to college. In 1993, Minnesota ranked first in the percentage of low-income students enrolling in college, at 48 percent. However, the state fell to 11th in 2003-04, with just 33 percent participation.Life After High School: Young People Talk about Their Hopes and Prospects (2006) Jean Johnson and Ann Duffett, with Amber Ott, Public Agenda (free registration required)
"…Young adults overwhelmingly recognize the value of a college education, regardless of race or ethnic background... Most say they got encouragement from teachers and parents, although half say there weren't enough counselors in their school. Young Hispanics and African Americans are less confident that students can find money for college and most of those in college say they would have gone to a different school if money wasn't an issue."
Sixty-Four Percent of Minnesota High School Graduates Choose College (March 2006), Insight, Minnesota Office of Higher Education
"Asian high school graduates typically enroll in Minnesota post-secondary institutions at rates higher than other populations (54.0%). White high school graduates have the next highest participation rate (48.1%), followed by Black (41.3%), Hispanic (33.7%), and American Indian high school graduates (34.6%)." These figures do not account for students who attend institutions outside of Minnesota.Student Migration
Student Migration Data PDF 177KB, (2006), Minnesota Private College Research Foundation
Student Migration Data Tables 202, 203, 204 (2006), National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
Minnesota's Other Trade Deficit: College Students (2006), Minnesota Private College Research Foundation
In fall 2004, nationally less than one sixth of resident freshmen left their home states to attend college full-time in another state. Minnesotans who left to pursue higher education elsewhere represented an estimated 37% of full-time four-year college freshmen that had graduated from high school in the previous 12 months.College Completion
Career/Technical Education Statistics (CTES) (2007), National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
Minnesota institutions awarded 40,827 career and technical education credentials in 2003-04. Seventy-two percent of credentials were awarded by public institutions.Graduation Rate (2006), Minnesota Office of Higher Education
Fewer than two-thirds of students (57%) attending a four-year college in Minnesota complete their degree within six years.Projections of High School Graduates: Implications for Baccalaureate Degree Production and Workforce Growth PDF 159 KB, (2004), Minnesota Private College Research Foundation
High school graduate "projections suggest that if present trends continue, by 2010 Minnesota will not be producing enough college graduates to meet to the total workforce demands of replacing retirees and filling new positions. And by 2015, the state will not be producing enough graduates even to replace the retirees, with no room for economic growth whatsoever."
2006 State of Students of Color (2006), Minnesota Minority Education Partnership, Inc.
"Every credential earned lays a foundation for future educational attainment such as a bachelor’s degree or a graduate degree…for African American and American Indian students over half of the education credentials conferred were degrees or certificates from a two-year college. Forty three percent of the credentials earned by Hispanics were diplomas, certificates or associate degrees. For Asian and White non-Hispanic students, the most common degree was a bachelor’s degree with 41 and 42 percent of students, respectively, earning that credential."Advanced Degrees
Survey of Earned Doctorates in US (2006)
The number of earned doctorates awarded by American universities was 43,354 in 2005, the highest number awarded in the history of the SED. And the rise continues to be driven primarily by international students. Of the 2005 doctorate recipients with known citizenship status (94 percent of the total), 65 percent were U.S. citizens, 4 percent were non-U.S. citizens with permanent resident visas for the United States (i.e., “green cards”), and 31 percent were non-U.S. citizens in the U.S. on temporary visas. The growing numbers of doctorates awarded to foreign students on temporary visas has accounted for virtually all of the overall growth in the numbers of doctorate recipients since 1975.
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