A new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center says the latest data “reveal a shifting college completion picture for the nation as well as states.”
“Completing College: National and State Reports,” the ninth edition of the nonprofit’s Completing College series, goes on to say, “We reported last year that the rate of increase in six-year completion rates was slowing, from 2.2 percentage points (2010 to 2013) to 1.4 percentage points (2012 to 2013). This number is down to 0.3 percentage points for the 2014 cohort.
“This drop is largely due to the flattening completion rate for traditional age students, who comprised the vast majority of the beginning college student cohort (78%), as well as a decline among community college starters, particularly Hispanic and Black students.”
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