The six-year college graduation rate for CPS graduates enrolling in four-year colleges rose to 50 percent in 2014, 10 points below the national rate¶

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q2 i? The 2014 six-year graduation rate for CPS graduates who enrolled at four-year colleges is 50 percent, a 4 percentage point increase since 2009, versus 60 percent nationally. → Nagaoka 2016

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Nagaoka 2016¶

Nagaoka, J., & Healey, K. (2016). The educational attainment of Chicago Public Schools students: 2015: A focus on four-year college degrees. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. http://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/educational-attainment-chicago-public-schools-students-2015-focus-four-year-college

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Descriptive trend in six-year bachelor's completion among four-year college enrollees, shown in Figure 3, rising from 46 percent in 2009 to 50 percent in 2014. The national rate rose from 58 to 60 percent over the same period; no effect size is printed.

"The 2014 six-year graduation rate for students who enrolled at four-year colleges for CPS gradu- ates is 50 percent—a 4 percentage point increase since 2009 ( see Figure 3 ). This increase reflects 1,100 more four-year college graduates in 2014 versus 2009."

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• CPS graduates' four-year college graduation rate remained roughly constant over seven years (46 to 48 percent) and well below the national rate — reports the opposite
• Among 2014 CPS graduates who immediately enrolled in college, 46% completed a credential within six years, with large gaps by enrollment pathway — related
• CPS four-year completion rates rose 7 percentage points over ten years while enrollees nearly doubled, but remained far below six-year rates — related
• 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
• Six-year college completion rates for immediate four-year enrollees rose from 54 to 56 percent for the CPS class of 2013, double the rate for immediate two-year enrollees — related
• The CPS four-year college enrollment rate rose from 33 percent in 2006 to 42 percent in 2014, slightly below the national rate — related