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How is Your State Doing?
In just ten years, more than 60% of all new jobs will require a college education. Will your state be ready? Good family incomes and the health of state economies depend on more of our young people succeeding in college. See where your state stands currently, and then commit to making college completion a priority.
Current percentage of young adults (ages 25-34) with a college degree:
Alabama
32%
Alaska
30%
Arizona
31%
Arkansas
26%
California
36%
Colorado
41%
Connecticut
46%
Delaware
36%
Florida
35%
Georgia
34%
Hawaii
41%
Idaho
34%
Illinois
43%
Indiana
36%
Iowa
46%
Kansas
41%
Kentucky
32%
Louisiana
28%
Maine
36%
Maryland
45%
Massachusetts
53%
Michigan
36%
Minnesota
48%
Mississippi
32%
Missouri
37%
Montana
36%
Nebraska
44%
Nevada
28%
New Hampshire
46%
New Jersey
46%
New Mexico
29%
New York
48%
North Carolina
36%
North Dakota
50%
Ohio
36%
Oklahoma
30%
Oregon
36%
Pennsylvania
43%
Rhode Island
43%
South Carolina
34%
South Dakota
44%
Tennessee
31%
Texas
31%
Utah
38%
Vermont
44%
Virginia
42%
Washington
39%
West Virginia
28%
Wisconsin
40%
Wyoming
34%
From the Blog
November 16, 2011
Stan Jones speaks at PGCC College Enrichment Day
Stan Jones, President of Complete College America, recently addressed the administration and staff of Prince George's Community College for College Enrichment Day 2011. Click here to watch video of his remarks.
September 28, 2011
Education Nation: “A Matter of Degrees: Measuring the Value of Higher Ed”
This week, Complete College America President Stan Jones was part of a four-person panel moderated by NBC's Andrea Mitchell at the 2011 Education Nation Summit in New York. The panel discussed Complete College America's new report, "Time is the Enemy," which provides – for the first time ever – a comprehensive picture of today’s college student, the challenges students face and the reasons why they are not completing their degrees and certificates.
The report includes self-reported data from 33 states on both full-time and part-time students at public colleges and universities. The federal government currently requires colleges and universities to track first-time, full-time students, but 40 percent of students today attend part-time.
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