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¶

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q2 i? Completion among immediate four-year enrollees rose from 54 to 56 percent for the class of 2013, while immediate two-year enrollees rose from 26 to 28 percent—half the four-year rate. → Malone 2021

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Malone 2021¶

Malone, M., Mahaffie, S., Hernandez, G., Usher, A., & Nagaoka, J. (2021). The educational attainment of Chicago Public Schools students: 2020. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. http://toandthrough.uchicago.edu/tool/cps/hs

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Descriptive analysis of six-year college completion for the CPS class of 2013 by immediate enrollment destination (Figures 3 and 4); the four-year-enrollee rate "rose slightly in the most recent year... from 54 percent to 56 percent," and nearly 80 percent of two-year-enrollee completions were associate degrees or certificates.

"CPS graduates who immediately enrolled in a two-year college were half as likely as immediate four-year enrollees to complete a college degree or certificate: 28 percent of immediate two-year enrollees in the class of 2013 completed college by spring 2019, compared to 56 percent of immediate four-year enrollees."

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Related Claims¶

• College completion rates among immediate enrollees varied widely by community area, ranging from 24 to 74 percent for the class of 2013 — related
• Six-year college completion among the CPS class of 2015 varied sharply by enrollment pathway: 55.8% for immediate four-year enrollees, 32.5% for immediate two-year enrollees, and 7.8% for delayed/non-enrollees — related
• Among 2014 CPS graduates who immediately enrolled in college, 46% completed a credential within six years, with large gaps by enrollment pathway — related
• Immediate four-year enrollees were far more likely than immediate two-year enrollees to complete a four-year degree within six years (48 percent vs 7 percent) — related
• A record high 7,368 students from the CPS class of 2018 graduated from college with a degree or certificate — related
• Academically advanced students default to traditional feeder colleges: over 40 percent of four-year enrollees attend one of the six most popular CPS colleges — related
• CPS alumni college completion (48%) remains below the national average (64%), with 56% of immediate four-year and 32% of immediate two-year enrollees completing within six years — 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
• Among the CPS class of 2009, 76 percent enrolled in college within six years, and delayed entry was concentrated among two-year starters rather than four-year starters
• 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 — 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