Education Working Paper No. 8  February 2005

Table 6: College Readiness Rates by Region and State in 2002 Region/State Total Hispanic African- American White Northeast 38% 12% 26% 44% Connecticut 40% 15% 30% 47% Delaware 32% I 27% 36% Maine 38% I I 40% Maryland 39% 21% 34% 43% Massachusetts 38% 14% 29% 43% New Hampshire 40% I I I New Jersey 45% I I I New York 32% 11% 21% 43% Pennsylvania 41% I 28% 46% Rhode Island 37% I 35% 39% Vermont 39% I I I Southeast 34% 23% 23% 41% Alabama 32% I 22% 37% Arkansas 40% I 29% 45% Florida 33% 24% 21% 40% Georgia 31% I 21% 38% Kentucky 37% I 25% 42% Louisiana 35% 35% 24% 41% Mississippi 33% I 25% 38% North Carolina 37% I I I South Carolina 29% I I I Tennessee 31% I I I Virginia 40% I 27% 46% West Virginia 41% I 29% 46% Central 31% 12% 15% 35% Illinois 29% 12% 14% 36% Indiana 28% I 14% 32% Iowa 34% I 17% 37% Kansas 31% I I I Michigan 31% 11% 15% 33% Minnesota 33% I 15% 37% Missouri 30% I 18% 33% Nebraska 33% 14% 14% 37% North Dakota 33% I I 37% Ohio 31% 13% 15% 35% South Dakota 30% I I 34% Wisconsin 34% I 14% 38% West 32% 22% 24% 39% Alaska 27% I I I Arizona 33% I I I California 32% 22% 22% 39% Colorado 34% 19% 23% 41% Hawaii 30% I I I Idaho 35% I I I Montana 36% I I 41% Nevada 32% I 25% 39% New Mexico 30% I I I Oklahoma 37% 24% 27% 42% Oregon 33% 20% 23% 37% Texas 32% 23% 25% 40% Utah 37% I I 42% Washington 34% 22% 22% 38% Wyoming 34% 24% I 38% National 34% 20% 23% 40% I = Insufficient data to calculate college readiness rate Note: State-level figures are estimates based on regional data

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