25%
Twenty-five percent of Americans who start school do not graduate. Employment without a high school diploma means unemployment rate three and 1.5 times the rate of persons with higher education. And for those who find full-time, they on average earn less than half what college graduate makes every year.
30%
Thirty percent of high school graduates go to College right after graduating from high school. In the labour force high school graduate earns on average more than someone without a diploma, but so far only 60% of a college graduate makes every year.
43%
Forty-three percent of students who start college don't finish in 6 years. Female graduate at a rate of six per cent higher than that of men for six years and more than men in higher education at a ratio of 3 to 2.
How does it compare with other countries? In 2008, the United States high school graduation rate was lower than the rate of the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Norway, South Korea, Japan, Italy, Ireland, Germany, Finland and Denmark. In the same year, the United States was the only developed nation, where a high percentage of 55 to 64 years, 25 to 34 years before he graduated from high school.
About the College? United States once led the world in college graduates. As an example the Americans age 55-64-still lead their peers in other countries, in part with college degrees (41%). However, this number of flat-lined for Americans in 2008, the same percentage of Americans age 25-34 and 55-64 were college graduates.
Meanwhile, other countries have caught, and some have pulled forward. Among the young age of 25-to 34-year-old age, all of the following countries now have more percent of college graduates than in the United States: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Ireland, Israel, Japan, South Korea, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom
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