What percentage of High School students want to go to college?
For years, ACT has worked to convince students of the importance of a high-quality education, if for no other reason than the significant difference in income between those who have a college degree and those who don’t. The average annual earnings of someone with a bachelor’s degree is $40,313, but only $24,267 for someone with just a high school diploma, according to the U.S. Census Bureau (2001). The good news is that students and their parents finally are aware of the importance. The overwhelming majority of parents want their children to go to college. Minority parents, in particular, want their children to go. And students are listening, too: 78 percent say they want to go to college. Of the 2003 ACT-tested high school graduates, as many as 68 percent went on to some form of postsecondary education in the fall following graduation. One might expect students who plan to go to college to enroll in a college-preparatory curriculum and take the appropriate courses. Unfortunately, evid
