Issue #195 September 2008
Chance for College by Age 19 by State, 1986 to 2006 -- This is our biennial issue of OPPORTUNITY where we calculate college participation rates for 19 year olds by state. Our analysis spans the period from 1986 to 2006. Our data find state resident 19 year olds enrolled at rates ranging from 26.3 percent in Nevada to 58.9 percent in South Dakota. more
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(9/30/2008)Stock and Flow of Bachelor's Degree Holders by State, 1989 to 2007This is an Excel spreadsheet that uses data from the Census Bureau's Current Population Survey and National Center for Education Statistics' IPEDS survey to calculate the stock and flow of bachelor's degree holders by state between 1989 and 2007.
(9/22/2008)Chance for College by Age 19 by State, 1986 to 2006This Excel workbook contains the data used to calculate the proportion of each state's 19 years olds who will be enrolled in college somewhere in the United States in the fall following high school graduation.
(9/22/2008)Private Correlates of Educational AttainmentThis is an extensive compliation of data that describes how people differ according th their educational attainment.
(9/19/2008)Updated State Data BooksState Data Books for each state have been updated. With Chance for College by Age 19 by State data for 2006.
