1995 College Enrollment and Work Activity of High School Graduates — 1996-04-25

Sixty-two percent of the high school graduating class of 1995 were enrolled in colleges or universities in the fall, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The enrollment rate has remained steady in recent years at historically high levels. These data come from the Current Population Survey (CPS), a monthly nationwide survey of about 50,000 households conducted for BLS by the Bureau of the Census. Each October, the survey includes special questions on the school enrollment and high school graduation status of the nation's youth 16 to 24 years of age. Among the 2.6 million youth who graduated from high school in 1995, about 1.6 million were enrolled in college the following fall. Men and women were about equally likely to attend college. There were differences in enrollment status, however, between the race and ethnic groups.