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Do state residents have sufficient opportunities to enroll in education and training beyond high school?
The extent to which state residents are enrolling in college-level education has improved over the last ten years. In most states, however, participation in higher education varies a great deal by income and ethnicity.
Young Adults
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States range from a high of 43% (North Dakota) to a low of 20% (Nevada) on the percentage of 18- to 24-year-olds enrolled in higher education.
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Over the past decade New Hampshire has had the largest increase in the percentage of 18- to 24-year-olds enrolled in colleges and universities, from less than a fifth to more than a third enrolled-an increase of 91%.
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Other states that have had increases of over 50% in the percentage of 18- to 24-year-olds enrolled are: Alaska, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, and West Virginia.
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Overall increases in the percentage of residents enrolled, however, have not been shared by all segments of the population.
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Some of the greatest disparities exist in Illinois, where 41% of white 18- to 24-year-olds are enrolled in college, compared to only 24% of young adults of all other racial and ethnic groups.
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In Alabama, 61% of 18- to 24-year-olds from high-income families are enrolled in college, while only 27% from low-income families are enrolled in college.
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Working-Age Adults
Nationwide, a small percentage of working-age adults (ages 25 to 44) enroll part-time in higher education.
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In the best-performing state of Delaware, 6.3% of working-age adults enroll part-time in colleges and universities, while in Montana, only 1.8% do so.
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