Why My Class is so Important

COLLEGE STATISTICS

GOING DIRECTLY TO A 4-YEAR COLLEGE?

•Must meet A-G requirements• only 51% graduate within 6

years

HIGH SCHOOL MATH AND COLLEGE:

• 83% of students who took calculus graduated from a 4-year college

• 75% for pre-calculus• 60% for Trigonometry • 40% for Algebra II

WHO GRADUATES FROM COLLEGE

• Only 9% of students who are poor (Parents make less than $26,000 a year) graduate from college

• 54% of students who come from rich families

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS HAVE TO DO WITH GRADUATING FROM COLLEGE?

• Only 11% of students that have parents who never obtained a degree will graduate from college

GIRLS? BE CAREFUL!!!!!!

• Girls who have a child in High School have a 1% chance of graduating from college by 30 years of age

WHAT ABOUT LOCAL JR. COLLEGES?

• 98% of all students who attended San Jacinto College had to remediate

WHAT IF YOU DON’T MEET A-G REQUIREMENTS?

• Only 35% of students who remediate graduate from 4-year college (if they go directly to a 4-year college)

• That number is significantly lower if a student attends a community college

WHO CARES ABOUT 4-YEAR COLLEGE; I’M ATTENDING A JR. COLLEGE—IT’S CHEAPER

• Only 4% of community college students transfer to a 4-year institution within two years

SALARY PER DEGREE • Less than High School Diploma: $22,256

• High School Graduate: $31,408

• Some College, No Degree: $35,516

• Associate Degree: $38,480

• Bachelor’s Degree $51,327

• Master’s Degree $60,580

• Professional Degree $74,204

• Doctorate Degree $77,844

STATISTICS OF GRADUATION FROM COLLEGE, IF:

• Come from a poor family

• Parents have no degree

• You have to remediate

• Attend a jr. college

• .013%

• Dying in a car accident

• .014%

STATISTICS OF GRADUATION FROM COLLEGE, IF:

• Becoming a pro basketball player• .03%• Becoming a pro baseball player straight out

of high school• .4%