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A 2009 study revealed that on average, online students out performed those receiving face-to-face instruction
—US Department of Education
Colorado, Massachusetts, Maryland and Connecticut have the highest rate of people 25 years and over who have completed a Bachelor’s Degree (35.1–47.1 percent). Nevada, Kentucky, West Virginia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas have the lowest rate (17.1–21.5 percent).
—U.S. Census Bureau
More than 1 in 5 blacks dropped out of school (21 percent), the dropout rate for whites were 12.2 percent.
—CNN.com
Nearly 3 of 10 Latinos, including recent immigrants, were dropouts (27.5 percent).
—CNN.com
Over a working lifetime from ages 18-64, high school dropouts are estimated to earn $400,000 less than those that graduated from high school. For males, the lifetime earnings loss is nearly $485,000 and exceeds $500,000 in many large states.
—The Center for Education Reform
82.9: average percentage of the US population age 3 and up who are enrolled in public schools (between 2001–2009); 17.1 percent are enrolled in private schools.
—U.S. Census Bureau
Georgia had the highest dropout rate for its population at 22.1 percent.
—CNN.com
Nearly 1 in 5 US men between the ages of 16 and 24 (18.9 percent) were dropouts in 2007.
—CNN.com
8.4 percent of males 18 years and over are enrolled in a college or graduate school. 10.2 percent of females 18 years and over are enrolled in a college or graduate school.
—U.S. Census Bureau
The average salary in 2009 for Public School teachers is $49,630. The average salary for Private School teachers is $39,690. –The Center for Education Reform57 percent of Americans say the higher education system in the US fails to provide students with good value for the money they and their families spend.75 percent say college is too expensive for most Americans to afford. At the same time, however, an overwhelming majority of college graduates, 86 percent say that college has been a good investment for them personally.
—Pew Research Center