An ongoing study is finding disparities among nearly 6,000 Vermonters who graduated in 2012.
The nonprofit Vermont Student Assistance Corporation’s study’s latest results show 34 percent of students received a two- or four-year college degree within four years of graduating high school.
Just 46 percent of first-generation male students who started full-time at a 4-year school completed their degrees within four years. Rural counties had lower rates of students going to college.
Overall, graduates immediately enrolled at a four-year school at a higher average rate than the nation or region. Vermont’s college completion rate also exceeded the national average.
But more Vermont students dropped out without a degree than the nation on average.
The study examines enrollment data and 2012 survey completed by 84 percent of Class of 2012 seniors.
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