College for all (Asian students)?
One amazing statistic
I was kind of amazed by this graph from the latest Condition of Education from the National Center for Education Statistics. It's saying that, in 2024, 97 percent of Asian students enrolled in some form of college immediately following HS completion.
A whopping 81% of Asian high school graduates immediately enrolled in a four-year college or university. “Immediate” in this case is defined as students who graduated at any point in the first nine months of 2024 and were enrolled in any form of postsecondary institution by October of the same year.
There were also notable gaps by gender. 69 percent of female high school completers immediately enrolled in college compared to 55 percent of males.
Overall, the immediate college-going rate in 2024 was 63 percent, which was down from the 68% in 2014 but not much changed from 2023.
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