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Of the 3.1 million youth age 16 to 24 who graduated from high school between January and October 2011, about 2.1 million (68.3 percent) were enrolled in college in October 2011. The college enrollment rate of recent high school graduates was slightly lower than the record high set in October 2009 (70.1 percent). Click here to verify |
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| For 2011 graduates, the college enrollment rate was 72.3 percent for young women and 64.6 percent for young men. The college enrollment rate of Asian graduates (86.7 percent) was higher than for recent white (67.7 percent), black (67.5 percent), and Hispanic (66.6 percent) graduates. Click here to verify |
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The unemployment rate for high school students, at 25.2 percent in October 2011, was more than twice the rate for college students (10.7 percent). Unemployment rates for black (38.8 percent) and Hispanic (36.1 percent) high school students continued to be higher than for white high school students (22.6 percent). Click here to verify |
| Between October 2010 and October 2011, 369,000 young people dropped out of high school. The labor force participation rate for recent dropouts (55.5 percent) was lower than for recent high school graduates not enrolled in college (68.7 percent). The jobless rate for recent high school dropouts was 38.4 percent, compared with 33.6 percent for recent high school graduates not enrolled in college. Click here to verify |
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The unemployment rate for youths age 16 to 24 not enrolled in school edged down from 18.7 percent in October 2010 to 17.5 percent in October 2011. Among youth not in school in October 2011, unemployment rates for those without a high school diploma were 19.7 percent for young men and 31.2 percent for young women. In contrast, the jobless rates for young men and women with at least a bachelor’s degree were 9.5 percent and 8.0 percent, respectively. Black youth not enrolled in school had an unemployment rate of 28.5 percent in October 2011, higher than the rates for their white (15.3 percent), Asian (15.1 percent), and Hispanic (18.5 percent) counterparts. Click here to verify |
