College Graduation rates by state

Last updated almost 6 years ago

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Much like your grades, the averages are weighted by the size of the potentially graduating cohort, i.e they consider the number of undergrads that enrolled in a 4 year college seeking to graduate for the first time. How do you think this map would change if the averages were presented simply by state population?

College Graduation rates by state

Last updated almost 6 years ago

5 questions

College graduation rates by state

The map above shows the average 6-year graduation rate among first-time, full-time undergrads who entered college seeking a 4-year degree among all in-state colleges mainly awarding bachelor's degrees, weighted by the size of potentially graduating cohort.
Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard - Data from the 2011-2012 academic year, six years before the 2017-2018 year, the most recent year for which data was available

Which region of the U.S. has a higher college graduation rate?

Arrange these states by graduation rate, beginning with the highest.

California
Texas
Washington
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Iowa

Much like your grades, the averages are weighted by the size of the potentially graduating cohort, i.e they consider the number of undergrads that enrolled in a 4 year college seeking to graduate for the first time. How do you think this map would change if the averages were presented simply by state population?

What do you wonder about what is going on in this map? Write one relevant question you have about the data or the information you obtained from the map, as well as where you would look for the answer or what data you'd need to answer your question.
("I would Google it" is not an appropriate response, while "I would use the following keywords: _ to try to find " is OK).

Write a >140 character Tweet that could accompany the sharing of the map.
This means, you would write a short sentence or two that describes one surprising thing you noticed from the graph and you accompany it with one or two relevant hashtags.
DO NOT start your tweet with the phrase "I noticed", AND #nohashtagnograde