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The stats on college attendance would seem to be against you since about 70% of the population doesn't do it... In what country? Citation? Here's some number

The stats on college attendance would seem to be against you since about 70% of the population doesn't do it... In what country? Citation? Here's some numbers from the UK: http://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/faqs/showFaq.asp?l1=2&ID=7 http://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/faqs/showFaq.asp?l1=2&ID... According to that, 43% of 17-30 year olds enter higher education in the UK.

gnaritas 18y ago
My apologies for the U.S. cultural assumption. See http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/p20-550.pdf http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/p20-550.pdf for what it's like here. I also presumed we're discussing those who finish college, not those who just enter it. What percentage actually finish college in the UK?
- DougBTX 18y ago
  The OECD stats look quite interesting. They break things down into Type A[1] and Type B[2] programs. Superficially, Type A are 3+ year courses, Type B are 2+ year courses. Results for the UK and US are here[3][xls]. Executive summary: for the 3-4 year Type A graduates, in the UK, 97% graduate. The OECD average is 67%. This report also has data for the US. For actual numbers of people in the UK with degrees, there's this page[4] from the National Statistics. For people of Working Age, 18 to 60-ish, in the UK, 16% have degrees, and another 8.5% have "Higher education qualifications". 15% have no qualifications. It would be handy to have data for the 25-35 age range, since not many 18 year olds have degrees. [1] Type A: http://stats.oecd.org/glossary/detail.asp?ID=5440 http://stats.oecd.org/glossary/detail.asp?ID=5440 [2] Type B: http://stats.oecd.org/glossary/detail.asp?ID=544 http://stats.oecd.org/glossary/detail.asp?ID=544 [3] World Stats: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/17/15/39245059.xls http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/17/15/39245059.xls [4] UK Degree Stats: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/STATBASE/Product.asp?vlnk=10446 http://www.statistics.gov.uk/STATBASE/Product.asp?vlnk=10446

gnaritas 18y ago

My apologies for the U.S. cultural assumption. See http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/p20-550.pdf http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/p20-550.pdf for what it's like here. I also presumed we're discussing those who finish college, not those who just enter it. What percentage actually finish college in the UK?

DougBTX 18y ago
The OECD stats look quite interesting. They break things down into Type A[1] and Type B[2] programs. Superficially, Type A are 3+ year courses, Type B are 2+ year courses. Results for the UK and US are here[3][xls]. Executive summary: for the 3-4 year Type A graduates, in the UK, 97% graduate. The OECD average is 67%. This report also has data for the US. For actual numbers of people in the UK with degrees, there's this page[4] from the National Statistics. For people of Working Age, 18 to 60-ish, in the UK, 16% have degrees, and another 8.5% have "Higher education qualifications". 15% have no qualifications. It would be handy to have data for the 25-35 age range, since not many 18 year olds have degrees. [1] Type A: http://stats.oecd.org/glossary/detail.asp?ID=5440 http://stats.oecd.org/glossary/detail.asp?ID=5440 [2] Type B: http://stats.oecd.org/glossary/detail.asp?ID=544 http://stats.oecd.org/glossary/detail.asp?ID=544 [3] World Stats: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/17/15/39245059.xls http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/17/15/39245059.xls [4] UK Degree Stats: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/STATBASE/Product.asp?vlnk=10446 http://www.statistics.gov.uk/STATBASE/Product.asp?vlnk=10446