How is Your State Doing?

• Student Success
  • Preparation for College
    • Advanced Placement Exams
    • High ACT/SAT Scores Per 1,000 High School Graduates
    • National Assessment of Educational Progress
    • Public High School Graduation Rates
  • College Participation
    • 9th Graders Chance for College by Age 19
    • College-Going Rates of High School Graduates - Directly from High School
    • 18 to 24 Year Olds Enrolled in College
    • 25-49 Year Olds Enrolled in College
    • Import/Export Ratio of College-Going Students
  • Progress and Completion
    • Retention Rates - First-Time College Freshmen Returning Their Second Year
    • Graduation Rates
    • Student Pipeline - Transition and Completion Rates from 9th Grade to College
  • Adult Learners
    • Adults Lacking Basic Prose Literacy Skills
    • Participation in Adult Basic Education per 1,000 Adults with No High School Diploma
    • Percent of Adults Who Speak English Poorly or Not at All
    • Participation in ESL Programs per 1,000 Adults Who Speak English Poorly or Not at All
    • GEDs Produced per 1,000 Adults with No High School Diploma
    • Postsecondary Enrollment of Non-Traditional Age Adults
• Policies
  • Affordability
    • Average Loan Amount Students Borrow Each Year
    • Percent of Family Income Needed to Pay for College - by Type of Institution
    • Share of Income Poorest Families Need to Pay for Tuition at Lowest Priced Colleges
    • State Grant Aid Targeted to Low-Income Families as a Percent of Federal Pell Grant Aid
  • Finance
    • Diagram - Understanding Higher Education Finance
    • State and Local Support Per Full-Time Student
    • Total Educational Revenues Per Full-Time Student
    • State and Local Support for Higher Education Per Capita
    • State and Local Support for Higher Education Per $1,000 of Personal Income
    • State Higher Education Priority
    • Family Share of Public Higher Education Operating Revenues
    • State Tax Capacity
    • State Tax Effort - Effective Tax Rate
    • Projected State & Local Budget Surplus (Gap) as a Percent of Revenues 2013
    • Projected Ratio of Spending for Higher Education to Spending for All Other Programs 2013
• Competitiveness
  • Educational Capital
    • Educational Attainment by Degree-Level and Age-Group (American Community Survey)
    • Educational Attainment by Degree-Level and Age-Group (Decennial Census)
    • Adults Lacking Basic Prose Literacy Skills
    • Net Migration by State, Age-Group, and Degree-Level
    • Migration Rates by State, Age-Group, and Degree-Level
  • Income and Earnings
    • Per Capita Personal Income
    • Median Family Income
    • Median Household Income
    • Increase in Earnings for Associate Degrees
    • Increase in Earnings for Bachelor's Degrees
    • Undereducated Adults Not Earning a Living Wage
  • The Workforce
    • Diagram - Employment and the Workforce
    • Percent of the Civilian Population Participating in the Labor Force
    • Unemployment Rates
    • Percent Employment in Managerial and Professional Occupations
    • Percent Employment in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Occupations
    • Percent Employment in Professional, Education, Health, and Social Service Industries
  • Economic Development
    • Research and Development Expenditures
    • Change in Gross State Product - From 1997 to 2007
    • State New Economy Index
  • Health and Civic Life
    • Children in Poverty
    • Families in Poverty
    • Charitable Giving - Percent of Itemizers on Federal Tax Returns Declaring Charitable Gifts
    • Percent of the Eligible Population Voting
    • State Health Rankings
• Cross-Cutting Information
  • Productivity
    • Associate Degrees Awarded Per 100 HS Graduates 3 Years Earlier
    • Bachelor's Degrees Awarded Per 100 HS Graduates 6 Years Earlier
    • In-State Degree Production by Selected Field
    • Ratio of Degrees and Credentials Awarded to the Number of Students Enrolled
    • Student and State Investment in Higher Education - and What Each Student Should Expect In Return
  • Racial/Ethnic Gaps
    • Six-Year Graduation Rates at Four-Year Institutions - Gaps Between Whites and Minorities
    • Undergraduate Credentials Awarded per 100 Full-Time Equivalent Students - Gaps Between Whites and Minorities
    • Percent of Adults with a High School Diploma - Gaps Between Whites and Minorities
    • Percent of Adults with an Associates Degree or Higher - Gaps Between Whites and Minorities
    • Percent of Adults with a Bachelors Degree or Higher - Gaps Between Whites and Minorities
    • Median Annual Earnings by Degree Level Attained - Gaps Between Whites and Minorities
  • Demographic Projections
    • High School Graduate Projections
    • Population Projections
  • Educational Needs Index
    • Overall Educational Needs Index
    • Education Factor
    • Economic Factor
    • Population Factor

Also See

• What's New?
• Educational Needs Index
• Measuring Up: The National Report Card on Higher Education

Progress and Completion:
Graduation Rates

Download as: Tab-Delimited TextMS Excel Graduation Rate Beginning Cohort Fall 2005 Graduated by Summer 2008 Alabama 19.9 14474 2884 Alaska 18.6 59 11 Arizona 40.7 18085 7367 Arkansas 24.4 6835 1670 California 31.1 157264 48963 Colorado 40.2 11640 4680 Connecticut 11.6 5604 652 Delaware 9.0 1727 156 Florida 39.9 31746 12654 Georgia 26.4 18570 4909 Hawaii 19.0 2741 520 Idaho 34.4 2554 878 Illinois 24.5 30143 7385 Indiana 27.1 8513 2310 Iowa 34.0 11492 3908 Kansas 32.3 10172 3282 Kentucky 25.5 8699 2217 Louisiana 30.3 8234 2493 Maine 26.4 2612 689 Maryland 19.2 14715 2832 Massachusetts 18.4 13491 2479 Michigan 14.9 18288 2726 Minnesota 30.9 18216 5630 Mississippi 24.7 18316 4516 Missouri 33.7 17484 5892 Montana 29.7 1497 445 Nebraska 32.7 4890 1598 Nevada 36.6 2899 1062 New Hampshire 27.0 2505 676 New Jersey 15.7 24252 3815 New Mexico 18.2 6268 1141 New York 22.2 53071 11766 North Carolina 20.9 19525 4089 North Dakota 35.1 1314 461 Ohio 25.2 25017 6315 Oklahoma 27.9 11104 3102 Oregon 25.1 9086 2284 Pennsylvania 39.3 34601 13583 Rhode Island 14.1 1905 269 South Carolina 14.2 12410 1759 South Dakota 56.7 2042 1157 Tennessee 29.6 19503 5780 Texas 18.6 62897 11694 Utah 39.6 5743 2272 Vermont 18.2 296 54 Virginia 25.6 15227 3894 Washington 29.0 11828 3426 West Virginia 20.9 3348 700 Wisconsin 33.6 11211 3764 Wyoming 60.0 4408 2643 Nation 27.5 798521 219452  Source: NCES, IPEDS Graduation Rate Survey

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