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Percentage of students graduating with a bachelor's degree within 6 years of entry from the degree-granting institutions where the students started as full-time, first-time students Choose another Indicator

The President's 2020 College Attainment Goal

25- to 34-year-olds who completed an associate's or higher degree

Early Learning through High School

3- and 4-year-olds enrolled in preschool4th graders Proficient on the NAEP in reading4th graders Proficient on the NAEP in mathematics8th graders Proficient on the NAEP in reading8th graders Proficient on the NAEP in mathematicsFreshmen graduating from high school within 4 yearsPublic school graduates who took at least one Advanced Placement test in high school

Postsecondary Education and Training

18- to 24-year-olds enrolled in colleges and universitiesStudents completing a bachelor's degree within 6 yearsStudents completing an associate's degree within 3 yearsBachelor's degrees conferred in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics

Teachers and Leaders

School districts using teacher evaluation systemsSchool districts using principal evaluation systemsPublic high school teachers with a major in their main assignment area

An Excellent Education for All

Difference in current expenditures between high- and low-poverty districts
Comparison Map
  Race/ethnicity
State or jurisdiction Total1   White   Black   Hispanic   Asian/
Pacific
Islander		   American Indian/ Alaska Native   Non-resident alien  
United States 57.4 60.8 39.1 48.7 68.0 38.3 53.3
Alabama 47.2 56.4 30.3 50.3 53.1 50.4 45.1
Alaska 30.0 33.6 22.9 22.5 37.1 11.7 —
Arizona 27.6 34.9 9.1 30.8 47.1 21.5 8.6
Arkansas 42.1 46.7 22.7 45.0 60.4 31.1 61.3
California 64.4 68.4 48.5 53.9 72.5 58.7 54.0
Colorado 52.4 55.2 35.8 40.1 53.8 29.9 40.1
Connecticut 65.8 66.6 48.7 58.3 75.9 65.2 78.2
Delaware 64.6 71.5 40.8 63.9 70.3 50.0 ! 75.0 !
District of Columbia 73.6 81.5 57.2 67.3 79.6 57.1 ! 69.3
Florida 55.4 59.7 43.7 54.9 64.8 42.8 51.4
Georgia 52.5 55.4 43.3 50.8 64.1 45.3 57.4
Hawaii 43.3 34.7 27.0 39.6 48.5 39.1 ! 53.1
Idaho 40.3 42.0 34.5 29.4 41.9 21.3 27.7
Illinois 60.4 65.7 35.3 46.7 69.7 48.5 66.5
Indiana 58.2 59.1 38.2 52.9 70.9 44.1 70.3
Iowa 64.9 67.1 38.6 53.6 64.3 41.4 60.2
Kansas 52.7 56.4 27.9 38.7 51.9 17.4 39.2
Kentucky 49.0 50.3 36.7 40.8 49.2 32.2 53.9
Louisiana 41.5 47.6 28.1 43.5 47.2 34.7 44.2
Maine 59.2 59.0 62.4 69.7 75.9 32.1 80.2
Maryland 62.9 72.9 40.0 62.5 73.2 55.6 44.0
Massachusetts 68.5 68.6 57.3 63.8 77.7 59.6 74.8
Michigan 58.6 62.3 32.7 53.6 71.6 48.4 62.5
Minnesota 60.6 62.5 44.4 53.2 59.5 34.5 60.9
Mississippi 51.3 59.2 39.7 48.0 53.4 21.2 54.9
Missouri 55.4 57.4 38.5 50.7 66.4 40.5 46.4
Montana 44.8 45.8 31.4 33.3 38.5 24.8 61.3
Nebraska 56.6 58.8 35.1 41.6 63.1 18.9 50.3
Nevada 39.6 42.3 32.0 35.7 44.9 25.9 26.1
New Hampshire 63.3 62.4 66.5 67.8 78.5 68.3 60.3
New Jersey 62.0 65.1 48.4 51.2 71.1 62.7 63.8
New Mexico 39.4 44.2 33.2 35.4 46.9 25.8 29.8
New York 63.6 67.2 46.9 50.0 67.9 52.9 64.6
North Carolina 58.5 63.6 44.1 60.6 69.4 48.1 56.7
North Dakota 48.4 50.1 36.8 32.4 41.4 20.0 40.7
Ohio 55.9 58.7 31.8 54.1 66.0 44.9 60.3
Oklahoma 46.8 50.1 34.9 37.4 54.9 35.4 45.6
Oregon 56.9 57.8 41.6 47.7 59.8 42.9 66.0
Pennsylvania 66.7 68.5 48.8 60.7 73.2 55.7 68.2
Rhode Island 67.3 67.5 56.1 61.9 75.6 53.1 82.4
South Carolina 57.8 62.7 42.1 50.4 63.9 50.0 61.0
South Dakota 45.5 48.4 23.9 28.6 37.1 7.2 39.3 !
Tennessee 50.6 53.7 37.5 53.1 60.4 37.8 42.7
Texas 49.6 57.7 29.1 39.6 60.3 38.2 44.3
Utah 58.9 61.4 26.5 46.6 56.1 44.3 56.4
Vermont 63.1 63.1 53.1 62.8 74.5 44.0 ! 77.3
Virginia 64.3 68.6 47.2 59.7 68.9 55.3 61.5
Washington 68.8 69.6 62.7 59.3 75.3 53.2 65.7
West Virginia 45.5 46.8 29.9 35.5 55.2 25.0 ! 51.0
Wisconsin 60.4 62.5 31.1 46.0 54.6 37.2 58.6
Wyoming 55.3 56.2 25.0 ! 53.7 73.7 ! — —
—Not available.
! Interpret data with caution (estimates are unstable).
1 Includes students of unknown race/ethnicity who are not reported separately.
NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate's or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2008–09 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, Spring 2010.
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