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Fact
5 - Higher Graduation Rates for Students of Comparable High School
Achievement
Students at private colleges and universities are as likely to earn
their degrees in four years as students of comparable high
school achievement are in six years at public institutions.
This is true for students with excellent grades as well as for those
with average grades. For example, the four-year graduation
rate (69 percent) of students at private institutions who earned mostly
A’s in high school is nearly identical to the six-year
graduation rate (71 percent) of similar students at public institutions. |
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Analysis by the National
Association of Independent Colleges and Universities as reported
in Twelve Facts That May Surprise You About Private Higher Education
(2003). U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education
Statistics, Descriptive Summary of 1995-96 Beginning Postsecondary
Students: Six Years Later; Beginning Postsecondary Students -
BPS:96/01 Data Analysis System. |
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