Comparison of College Certificate and Degree Outcomes and Attainment between National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Data on Low-income Students, TRIO Talent Search Program Participants and TRIO Upward Bound Program Participants

 

 

 

 

Project

High School

Graduates

College Enrollees

Received Degree or Certificate[1]

Still in College

 

 

NCES

6,324,000[2]

Spring 1999

 

31%[3]

 

15.8%

 

10.1%

 

 

Talent Search

85,000

Spring 1999

 

72.9%

 

41.3%

 

12.4%

 

 

Upward Bound

13,100

Spring  2000

 

92.3%

 

40.6%

 

20.3%

 

 

Data Compiled by the Pell Institute

 

 


[1] US Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics.  Digest of Education, 2003. http://www.nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d03/lt3.asp#c3

[2] US Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics.  Digest of Education, 2003. http://www.nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d03/lt3.asp#c3 ,

[3] US Census Bureau, 2001. Current Population Survey, October 1999.  http://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/school/P20-533/tab14.pdf.