•Facts about the American Education System

Quick Facts• College Enrollment• Total 17.5 million• 7.5 million males• 9.9 million females

Students Earning College Degrees

2005  

Male Female

All Degrees 2850

Associates (1,000) 268 429

Bachelor's (1,000) 613 826

Masters's (1,000) 234 341

First professional (1,000) 44 43

Doctoral (1,000) 27 26

Total expenses 4 year institutions

2000Public $8,912 Private $26,534

2006Public $13,426 Private $36,510

Tuition Increases

• From 2000 to 2006• Public institution prices increased 50%

• Private institution prices increased 38%

Educational Attainment• 1960 • 41% high school graduates or higher• 7.7% college graduates or higher• 2006 • 85.5% high school graduates or

higher• 28% college graduates or higher

US versus SC• US• 85.5% high school graduates or higher• 28% college graduates or higher

• SC• 83.1% high school graduates or higher• 22.6% college graduates or higher

Why get a degree?

•Money

Income by Educational Attainment 2003Some

Total Not HS Grad HS Grad College Associate’sBachelor’s Master’s Professional doctorateAll persons 1 37,046 18,734 27,915 29,533 35,958 51,206 62,514 115,212 88,471

Age:25 to 34 years old 33,212 18,920 26,073 28,954 32,276 43,794 51,040 74,120 62,109

35 to 44 years old 42,475 22,123 31,479 36,038 38,442 57,438 66,264 126,165 101,382

45 to 54 years old 45,908 23,185 32,978 40,291 41,511 59,208 68,344 132,180 92,229

55 to 64 years old 45,154 23,602 31,742 38,131 39,147 57,423 66,760 138,845 98,433

65 years old and over 28,918 17,123 20,618 28,017 23,080 41,323 42,194 77,312 56,724

Sex:Male 44,726 21,447 33,266 36,419 43,462 63,084 76,896 136,128 95,894

Female 28,367 14,214 21,659 22,615 29,537 38,447 48,205 72,445 73,516

White 38,053 19,110 28,708 30,316 36,881 52,259 62,981 119,712 89,640

Male 46,114 21,791 34,224 37,550 44,557 65,264 77,845 140,419 99,015

Female 28,591 14,149 22,028 22,790 30,099 37,739 48,388 72,184 70,536

Black 28,838 16,201 23,777 25,616 31,415 42,968 57,449 87,713 81,457

Male 32,545 17,915 28,102 29,320 38,234 45,635 69,557 103,155 (B)

Female 25,735 14,513 19,623 22,790 27,054 41,066 49,344 (B) (B)

Hispanic 25,810 18,349 23,472 27,586 31,032 43,676 56,486 78,190 (B)

Male 28,806 20,637 26,652 33,595 35,896 49,298 63,026 (B) (B)

Female 21,391 13,632 18,967 20,776 26,535 37,550 48,433 (B) (B)B Base figure too small to meet statistical standards for reliability of a derived figure 1 Includes other races, not shown

separately 2 For persons who selected this race group only See footnote 2, Table 214 3 Persons of Hispanic origin may be

of any race

Source: U S Census Bureau, Current Population Report P20-550 and data published on the Internet See Internet site

<http://www census gov/population/www/socdemo/educ-attn html>

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U S Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2006

The NACE Summer 2007 Salary Survey reports the following average starting salaries for various

college degrees

MajorStarting SalaryIncrease• Chemical engineering$59,361 • Computer science$56,201 • Electrical engineering$55,292 • Information sciences$50,852 • Accounting$46,718 • Marketing$40,161 • Political science$34,590 • History$33,768 • English$32,553 • Sociology$32,033 • Psychology$31,631

IT’S YOUR MAJOR, NOT YOUR ALMA MATER

Why get a degree?

• Job Security

Unemployment RateTotal Less than High School Some College

Total: High School Grad College Graduate1992 6.1 11.5 6.8 5.6 3.22000 3 6.3 3.4 2.7 1.72004 4.4 8.5 5 4.2 2.7

Male:1992 6.4 11.4 7.4 5.9 3.32000 2.8 5.4 3.4 2.6 1.52004 4.4 7.6 5.1 4.3 2.7

Female:1992 5.8 11.5 6.3 5.4 32000 3.2 7.8 3.5 2.8 1.82004 4.4 10 4.9 4.2 2.7

White:1992 5.5 10.7 6 5 32000 2.6 5.6 2.9 2.4 1.62004 3.9 7.5 4.4 3.7 2.5

Black:1992 11 15.3 12.3 9.8 4.42000 5.4 10.7 6.4 4 2.52004 8.1 15.5 8.7 7.6 4.3

Asian:2000 2.7 5.7 3 3.2 1.82004 3.8 5.9 4.5 4.8 2.9

Hispanic:1992 9.8 12.8 9.1 7.7 52000 4.4 6.2 3.9 3.2 2.22004 5.7 7.5 5.2 4.8 3.5

Why get a degree?

• Social Status• Job Enjoyment• Career Options• Meet people • Surprisingly, 83 percent of the women surveyed said getting married was one of their most

important goals, and 63 percent said they believed they would meet their future spouse in college.

• However, the report said this is a sobering statistic considering there are an average of only 79 men per 100 women on college campuses.

• Avoid Working• Gain Maturity

Is it always worth it to go to college?

• Costs benefit analysis

Why are more women attending school than

men?

Why are African American females the largest growing group in

American institutions?

• Opportunity costs

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