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Dennis P. Jones
Patrick J. Kelly
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Attendance Patterns, and Bachelors Degree Attainment.
Washington, DC: Office of Educational Research and
Improvement, U.S. Department of Education, 1999.
Carnevale, A. P. and Rose, S. J. Education for What?
The New Office Economy. Princeton, NJ: Educational
Testing Service (ETS), 1998.
National Center for Public Policy in Higher Education.
Measuring Up: The State-by State Report Card for
Higher Education. San Jose, CA: National Center for
Public Policy in Higher Education, 2000, 2002.
DATA SOURCES
Figure 1
State
Massachusetts
Iowa
Pennsylvania
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Minnesota
New Jersey
North Dakota
Maine
Nebraska
Wisconsin
South Dakota
Kansas
Vermont
Indiana
Virginia
Delaware
Illinois
Missouri
New York
Colorado
Wyoming
Michigan
North Carolina
Maryland
Ohio
California
Montana
Utah
Washington
West Virginia
Oregon
Florida
Arizona
South Carolina
Idaho
Tennessee
Alabama
Kentucky
Hawaii
Mississippi
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Georgia
New Mexico
Texas
Nevada
Alaska
United States
Of 100
Ninth Graders,
How Many...
Graduate from
High School
On Time?
Directly
Enter
College?
Are Still
Enrolled Their
Sophomore Year?
Graduate
Within
150% Time?
Percent of Population
25-44 with Bachelors
Degree or Higher, 2000
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
75
83
75
74
70
77
84
86
84
77
84
78
74
74
79
68
74
61
71
73
59
71
75
69
59
73
70
69
78
84
71
75
67
55
59
51
77
55
59
66
64
56
74
56
73
52
60
62
69
62
67
52
54
46
44
46
48
53
55
58
42
50
45
47
50
36
41
39
36
43
39
37
37
39
40
38
40
39
33
42
32
32
39
34
32
30
34
34
34
34
39
38
36
39
33
36
32
36
32
28
28
38
41
37
36
34
37
37
38
40
42
31
38
33
31
32
28
30
30
28
29
27
28
26
NA
28
28
30
28
22
28
21
22
27
23
23
18
23
23
23
23
25
22
23
26
22
23
21
22
19
19
NA
26
28
28
27
27
26
26
25
24
24
23
22
22
22
22
21
21
20
19
19
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
17
17
17
16
16
15
15
14
14
14
14
14
13
13
13
13
12
12
12
12
11
11
11
6
18
38.8
25.0
26.7
30.1
28.5
34.9
31.7
34.1
26.4
23.5
27.6
25.4
24.8
28.9
29.9
22.1
32.1
27.7
30.1
25.0
31.0
34.1
21.6
24.2
25.4
33.8
24.2
26.7
25.5
25.8
28.5
16.6
25.8
23.5
23.4
21.8
22.0
22.1
21.3
19.4
27.3
17.8
18.2
19.8
21.3
26.9
21.2
24.0
17.6
22.2
26.7
Figure 2
Of 100 9th Graders Loss at Each Stage of Transition (2000)
9th to 12th grade
Massachusetts
Iowa
Pennsylvania
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Minnesota
New Jersey
North Dakota
Maine
Nebraska
Wisconsin
South Dakota
Kansas
Vermont
Indiana
Virginia
Delaware
Illinois
Missouri
New York
Colorado
Wyoming
Michigan
North Carolina
Maryland
Ohio
California
Montana
Utah
Washington
West Virginia
Oregon
Florida
Arizona
South Carolina
Idaho
Tennessee
Alabama
Kentucky
Hawaii
Mississippi
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Georgia
New Mexico
Texas
Nevada
Alaska
25
23
17
23
25
29
25
26
31
23
29
30
24
19
17
20
22
29
16
14
16
30
31
26
23
28
31
35
35
16
18
34
22
26
26
21
27
33
27
24
22
25
29
43
32
14
20
19
17
24
20
19
19
21
22
20
22
22
27
35
26
39
24
29
27
29
34
41
21
30
33
25
36
31
28
41
20
27
30
31
33
31
36
22
16
36
16
26
52
29
25
33
16
16
39
36
24
33
45
41
49
23
42
45
41
21
25
34
36
27
26
44
20
26
35
44
23
27
37
48
21
40
38
25
29
41
35
31
38
20
17
15
20
21
21
21
26
26
23
27
21
24
20
24
22
23
30
17
20
40
17
21
60
80
College
Graduates
28
28
27
27
26
26
25
24
24
23
22
22
22
22
21
21
20
19
19
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
17
17
17
16
16
15
15
14
14
14
14
14
13
13
13
13
12
12
12
12
11
11
11
6
100
Figure 3
States Ability to Produce Graduates vs.
Ability to Keep and Attract Graduates
40
MA
CO
MD
NY
30
Educational
Capital
Percent of
Population 25-44
with a Bachelors
Degree or Higher,
2000
20
WA
GA HI
TX
AK
VA
IL
MN
VT
DE
CA US
OR UT MT NC
MO
OH MI
FL
AZ
NH
KS
NE
RI
ND
WI
SD
PA
IA
ME
TN
NM OK AL ID
SC
LA KY
AR MS
NV
Regression
Line
CT
NJ
WY
IN
WV
10
0
7.5
15
22.5
Student Pipeline
Of 100 9th Graders, the number: Graduating from High School Within 4 Years, Going Directly to College,
Returning Their Second Year, and Completing College Within 150 Percent of Degree Time.
30
Figure 4
Student Pipeline Sources, 2000
STATE
AL
AK
AZ
AR
CA
CO
CT
DE
FL
GA
HI
ID
IL
IN
IA
KS
KY
LA
ME
MD
MA
MI
MN
MS
MO
MT
NE
NV
NH
NJ
NM
NY
NC
ND
OH
OK
OR
PA
RI
SC
SD
TN
TX
UT
VT
VA
WA
WV
WI
WY
US
.
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1 Y leges
1 Yleges
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%
58.9
58.0
19,207
8,147
70.2
62.3
44.3
1,648
29
98.3
59.3
50.0
14,453
9,422
60.5
73.6
52.9
11,895
3,943
75.1
68.7
47.7
85,943 73,424
53.9
70.5
52.8
21,126
3,228
86.7
77.0
62.2
16,159
3,454
82.4
60.7
59.9
4,588
979
82.4
55.2
57.5
41,688 32,555
56.2
52.3
60.4
29,219 12,004
70.9
64.2
59.8
2,630
3,588
42.3
76.9
44.8
4,545
2,824
61.7
71.1
59.8
42,378 24,710
63.2
68.2
60.0
38,034
4,683
89.0
83.0
64.5
17,407
9,780
64.0
74.4
67.5
13,263
8,997
59.6
65.8
58.7
17,744
7,709
69.7
56.2
59.2
24,714
4,373
85.0
76.6
54.3
5,778
980
85.5
73.3
54.7
17,774
8,981
66.4
74.8
69.0
41,105
9,988
80.5
68.7
58.7
39,762 15,708
71.7
83.7
63.9
23,300 14,065
62.4
56.0
63.4
8,642 10,908
44.2
73.0
53.4
24,626
9,135
72.9
78.1
54.4
4,902
778
86.3
83.8
59.3
10,325
3,117
76.8
68.8
40.3
4,207
1,372
75.4
73.9
59.0
7,727
931
89.2
86.1
63.6
22,109 13,085
62.8
60.3
58.9
6,128
4,198
59.3
58.6
63.9
84,414 23,739
78.1
58.7
65.4
35,833 14,631
71.0
84.1
69.4
5,232
2,098
71.4
69.6
56.1
55,209 14,329
79.4
72.8
49.7
14,056
6,310
69.0
67.4
51.1
11,126
5,573
66.6
74.9
61.5
71,972 19,204
78.9
69.5
65.9
10,076
1,747
85.2
51.0
66.3
16,823
8,626
66.1
74.2
64.0
5,192
964
84.3
54.8
62.2
22,909 10,336
68.9
61.9
52.5
64,582 47,832
57.5
83.9
38.1
13,429
3,368
79.9
78.7
45.3
5,100
21
99.6
73.9
53.1
32,774
7,556
81.3
70.8
44.6
16,033
9,303
63.3
74.8
52.4
11,476
1,035
91.7
78.0
57.2
28,865
8,513
77.2
75.0
52.2
1,274
2,145
37.3
67.1
56.7
1,135,919 494,425
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29.8
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73.7
21.9
46.2
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NA
33.0
22.3
39.5
48.0
71.7
47.6
49.6
24.9
55.0
70.3
20.2
34.7
46.1
47.6
84.3
43.0
58.7
13.3
46.8
74.9
38.4
50.9
17.6
47.8
82.8
23.7
59.7
17.6
47.8
82.6
12.9
61.3
43.8
62.7
78.8
35.8
53.4
29.1
55.0
72.7
26.6
41.1
57.7
43.9
72.6
22.9
45.8
38.3
NA
67.1
42.5
37.2
36.8
51.6
76.1
25.2
56.0
11.0
46.1
76.9
26.6
54.2
36.0
48.2
81.2
36.7
61.2
40.4
50.6
72.8
35.1
48.3
30.3
51.4
70.8
21.4
39.3
15.0
42.8
69.1
45.3
34.5
14.5
62.9
76.3
49.9
56.7
33.6
57.7
82.5
13.3
60.6
19.5
57.6
83.6
19.5
63.4
28.3
49.3
77.6
18.2
56.1
37.6
55.3
79.7
35.3
53.9
55.8
57.9
74.2
26.9
45.7
27.1
53.9
75.1
40.6
50.0
13.7
NA
66.6
34.4
40.0
23.2
52.4
75.6
41.0
46.4
24.6
49.3
75.3
31.7
41.3
10.8
66.7
80.2
43.5
64.2
37.2
59.8
81.1
15.3
59.7
40.7
52.1
68.6
19.6
39.5
21.9
62.6
78.3
28.3
54.9
29.0
51.0
80.4
21.4
57.2
28.6
NA
72.6
30.7
44.2
20.6
55.5
75.2
21.1
50.9
31.0
46.8
71.0
22.3
37.6
33.4
39.9
78.9
23.1
51.7
21.1
60.8
82.2
45.9
62.3
14.8
NA
80.9
11.0
65.4
33.9
52.5
77.4
17.2
53.0
15.7
NA
65.1
63.8
43.5
31.1
54.3
72.8
23.8
46.8
42.5
40.8
74.0
15.8
46.4
20.1
39.6
72.8
38.8
52.3
0.4
NA
77.3
39.2
60.0
18.7
54.8
81.8
21.9
58.7
36.7
48.6
83.1
30.0
60.4
8.3
51.8
71.8
42.4
38.5
22.8
49.6
80.5
34.5
54.5
62.7
55.2
76.0
43.6
52.1
30.3
54.1
74.1
30.0
53.0