NC Voices: Who Goes To College?
Monday, January 29 2007
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The value of a college degree is indisputable. The average income of an adult with a BA. is about 51 thousand dollars a year. For a high school graduate, it’s about 28 thousand and the income gap is growing. That’s one reason high school graduates are more likely to go to college now than they were a generation ago. But still, the vast majority of young people today are not getting college degrees. Researchers predict that in five years, the United States will have 3 million more jobs requiring college degrees than college graduates to fill them. What’s happening, and what does it mean for the future? Laura Leslie begins with this look at who goes to college. This report is part of the North Carolina Voices: Considering College series.
Additional Information Mentioned In This Report:
- The value of a college degree: read here, here and here
- The vast majority of young people today are not getting college
degrees. Read more here and here - Researchers predict that in five years, the American economy will produce 3 million more jobs that require a bachelor's degree than there are college graduates to fill those jobs. Read more here on p. 19
- UNC-CH rated the number one "education value" by Kiplinger
- Data on college going and college completion by race and income, and
over time. Read here, here and here - The minority population is growing faster then the white population. Read more here and here
- The price of a college education has increased 375 percent over the past 25 years. See here on p. 19 and here
- For data about community colleges and retention rates see these reports: here and here p. 10. Durham Tech data provided by the college.
- Achieving the Dream
- For every 100 9th graders, 18 will have a college degree ten years from now. Read here.
- The proportion of U.S. workers with high school diplomas and college degrees is projected to decrease over the next 15 years. Read here.
