Among 17- to 24-year-olds, just over 10 percent have completed college or achieved an advanced degree. assuming a student enters college right out of high

Among 17- to 24-year-olds, just over 10 percent have completed college or achieved an advanced degree. assuming a student enters college right out of high school when they are between 18 and 19 and graduates when they are between 22 and 23, only the 24 year olds in that statistic are even slightly anomalous. The rest could be getting their degrees or not even entered college yet. That statistic is beyond useless to the point of being misleading and disingenuous. Of course a 17 year old has not completed an advanced degree. It's like saying that only 5% of 10-year-olds are 6 feet or taller.