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 2001 Graduated by Summer 2007 Alabama 46.6 20919 9746 Alaska 22.4 2046 458 Arizona 42.5 27404 11653 Arkansas 42.9 13505 5799 California 62.0 100852 62567 Colorado 52.8 24120 12745 Connecticut 63.0 17199 10831 Delaware 65.7 4807 3160 Florida 52.7 66426 34974 Georgia 48.1 36157 17405 Hawaii 45.9 3672 1687 Idaho 42.9 7536 3231 Illinois 58.7 48845 28688 Indiana 55.5 45529 25251 Iowa 63.1 19403 12251 Kansas 52.6 13892 7308 Kentucky 47.3 21560 10202 Louisiana 42.2 27020 11401 Maine 57.9 6809 3942 Maryland 64.6 20024 12928 Massachusetts 68.0 45441 30909 Michigan 54.7 49651 27171 Minnesota 59.6 28556 17013 Mississippi 49.2 9053 4454 Missouri 56.0 28181 15784 Montana 43.4 5652 2451 Nebraska 56.0 11003 6159 Nevada 38.1 6223 2374 New Hampshire 62.7 8513 5338 New Jersey 61.2 25057 15338 New Mexico 41.8 6975 2919 New York 58.3 106474 62036 North Carolina 58.5 39242 22943 North Dakota 46.9 5128 2403 Ohio 55.3 61834 34184 Oklahoma 44.1 19014 8393 Oregon 56.6 13387 7578 Pennsylvania 64.9 80126 51966 Rhode Island 64.9 10910 7080 South Carolina 56.4 18567 10472 South Dakota 45.4 5703 2590 Tennessee 50.3 26559 13351 Texas 50.2 73369 36806 Utah 48.7 13621 6638 Vermont 63.7 5846 3724 Virginia 63.0 38145 24024 Washington 63.2 20945 13246 West Virginia 44.3 11544 5116 Wisconsin 58.2 33027 19225 Wyoming 56.9 1411 803 Nation 56.1 1344733 754140  Source: NCES, IPEDS Graduation Rate Survey

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