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80.7 51.1 22.8 7.8 HS = high school completed SC = some college BA = bachelor's degree AD = advanced degree According to 2007 data, 55 percent of college students were females and 45 percent were males. From 1995 until 2005, the number of males enrolled in college increased by 18 percent, while the number of female students rose by 27 percent. [26]
The Learning Policy Institute concluded from a longitudinal study in 2018 demonstrating that "a 21.7% increase in per-pupil spending throughout all 12 school-age years was enough to eliminate the education attainment gap between children from low-income and non-poor families and to raise graduation rates for low-income children by 20 percentage ...
Some of the decreases in social mobility may be explained by the stratified educational system. Research has shown that since 1973, men and women with at least a college degree have seen an increase in hourly wages, while the wages for those with less than a college degree have remained stagnant or have decreased during the same period of time ...
Hispanic students are half as likely to attend college than white students and black students are 25% less likely. Despite increased attention and educational reform, this gap has increased in the past 30 years. [9] The costs required to attend college also contribute to the structural inequality in education.
A slightly lower percentage of college-age Americans from rural areas go to college: in 2015, 67 percent from suburban high schools, 62 percent from urban high schools, and 59 percent from rural high schools. The difference is even larger for higher-income schools (73% suburban, 72% urban, 61% rural). [130]
Some U.S. political offices have qualifications that discriminate on the basis of age. For example, pursuant to the Constitution of the United States the President of the United States must be at least 35 years old; a United States senator must be at least 30; and a member of the United States House of Representatives must be at least age 25. [5]
They are the least well-educated major ethnic group and suffered a 3% drop in high school completion rate while African Americans experienced a 12% increase between 1975 and 1990. [102] In 1990, they constituted 9% of the population, but only received 3.1% of the bachelors's degrees awarded.
A 1998 study cited in the same review reported that 13% of first-generation college students were 30 years of age or older. [10] Additionally, 46% did not start attending college immediately after high school graduation. 37% were not dependents, and 18% were married. [10]