Feb 5, 2015
College graduation rates skewed by income
Only one-fifth of students from the poorest families finish college by age 24.
More and more students are pursuing higher education, either by attending a two- or four-year college. But the growth in the demand for college diplomas has affected the wealthy different than the poor. A new study found that only a fifth of the students from the poorest families finished college by age 24, while nearly all of the richest students did.
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