A record high 7,368 students from the CPS class of 2018 graduated from college with a degree or certificate¶

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q2 i? This year's report notes a record high number of CPS alumni who graduated from college with a degree or certificate: 7,368 students from the class of 2018. → Mahaffie 2025

Evidence¶

Mahaffie 2025¶

Mahaffie, S., Usher, A., Nagaoka, J., & McKoy, D. (2025). The Educational Attainment of Chicago Public Schools Students: 2024. To&Through Project and UChicago Consortium on School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/the-educational-attainment-of-Chicago-Public-Schools-students-2024

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The report records 7,368 college graduates among CPS class of 2018 alumni, the most recent cohort with six years of post-secondary data, described as a record high.

"a record high in the number of CPS alumni who graduated from college with a degree or certificate: 7,368 students from the class of 2018"

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Related Claims¶

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• Four-year college graduation rates remained flat at about 49 percent for direct four-year enrollees, with much lower rates for two-year (8 percent) and delayed enrollees (4 percent) — related
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