Education Working Paper No. 8  February 2005

Table 12: Total College Readiness Rates by Region and State, 1991–2002
Region/State	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Northeast	32%	35%	37%	39%	38%	37%	38%	37%	37%	38%	37%	38%
Connecticut	34%	37%	40%	41%	40%	39%	39%	39%	39%	40%	39%	40%
Delaware	30%	32%	34%	34%	33%	33%	33%	34%	32%	31%	33%	32%
Maine	33%	37%	36%	37%	37%	37%	37%	38%	37%	38%	39%	38%
Maryland	31%	35%	38%	40%	39%	39%	38%	37%	38%	39%	39%	39%
Massachusetts	32%	36%	38%	40%	39%	38%	38%	38%	38%	39%	39%	38%
New Hampshire	32%	36%	39%	41%	39%	39%	38%	38%	38%	39%	40%	40%
New Jersey	35%	38%	42%	44%	43%	44%	44%	42%	42%	46%	45%	45%
New York	28%	31%	33%	34%	33%	33%	34%	33%	32%	32%	31%	32%
Pennsylvania	34%	37%	39%	41%	40%	40%	39%	39%	40%	40%	40%	41%
Rhode Island	31%	35%	37%	38%	38%	37%	38%	37%	38%	39%	37%	37%
Vermont	33%	36%	41%	41%	43%	41%	40%	40%	40%	40%	40%	39%
Southeast	25%	25%	25%	24%	27%	29%	32%	34%	34%	34%	34%	34%
Alabama	25%	25%	23%	22%	25%	27%	30%	33%	32%	33%	33%	32%
Arkansas	28%	28%	28%	27%	29%	33%	34%	40%	40%	41%	40%	40%
Florida	22%	24%	23%	23%	26%	28%	31%	34%	33%	33%	32%	33%
Georgia	25%	25%	24%	23%	25%	27%	30%	30%	30%	31%	30%	31%
Kentucky	27%	27%	27%	28%	29%	32%	35%	38%	37%	37%	38%	37%
Louisiana	22%	22%	23%	22%	26%	28%	29%	33%	33%	33%	35%	35%
Mississippi	24%	24%	24%	23%	25%	27%	29%	33%	32%	32%	33%	33%
North Carolina	26%	26%	26%	25%	28%	30%	33%	36%	36%	36%	37%	37%
South Carolina	24%	23%	23%	22%	24%	26%	28%	30%	30%	29%	29%	29%
Tennessee	25%	26%	25%	24%	27%	30%	30%	31%	31%	32%	32%	31%
Virginia	28%	28%	28%	27%	30%	34%	37%	41%	40%	40%	42%	40%
West Virginia	30%	29%	29%	28%	30%	34%	38%	42%	42%	42%	43%	41%
Central	21%	23%	25%	26%	27%	28%	30%	32%	31%	30%	31%	31%
Illinois	21%	23%	25%	26%	27%	28%	30%	32%	31%	30%	29%	29%
Indiana	20%	22%	23%	24%	25%	26%	27%	29%	29%	27%	28%	28%
Iowa	23%	25%	27%	28%	30%	31%	33%	34%	33%	33%	33%	34%
Kansas	22%	23%	25%	26%	27%	28%	29%	30%	29%	29%	31%	31%
Michigan	20%	21%	23%	24%	25%	26%	29%	31%	30%	30%	30%	31%
Minnesota	23%	25%	27%	29%	30%	31%	33%	35%	34%	33%	33%	33%
Missouri	20%	22%	23%	25%	26%	27%	28%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%
Nebraska	23%	25%	27%	28%	29%	30%	32%	34%	34%	33%	33%	33%
North Dakota	24%	26%	27%	28%	29%	32%	33%	34%	33%	33%	34%	33%
Ohio	20%	22%	25%	26%	27%	27%	29%	31%	30%	29%	31%	31%
South Dakota	22%	25%	27%	29%	29%	31%	32%	31%	29%	29%	30%	30%
Wisconsin	23%	24%	26%	28%	29%	30%	31%	33%	32%	32%	33%	34%
West	24%	25%	27%	29%	28%	27%	27%	27%	29%	32%	32%	32%
Alaska	27%	29%	28%	29%	28%	26%	25%	25%	28%	28%	29%	27%
Arizona	I	I	I	I	I	I	I	I	I	I	33%	33%
California	22%	25%	27%	29%	28%	28%	28%	28%	30%	32%	32%	32%
Colorado	27%	29%	30%	30%	29%	28%	28%	27%	29%	31%	34%	34%
Hawaii	27%	29%	30%	32%	32%	31%	28%	27%	28%	32%	30%	30%
Idaho	27%	29%	30%	31%	30%	30%	30%	30%	32%	35%	36%	35%
Montana	30%	31%	33%	34%	33%	32%	32%	31%	34%	36%	37%	36%
Nevada	23%	22%	23%	28%	25%	25%	27%	26%	29%	31%	31%	32%
New Mexico	25%	26%	27%	28%	27%	26%	25%	24%	27%	30%	31%	30%
Oklahoma	28%	29%	30%	31%	31%	30%	30%	30%	33%	35%	37%	37%
Oregon	24%	26%	28%	29%	28%	27%	27%	26%	28%	32%	32%	33%
Texas	25%	24%	25%	26%	26%	25%	26%	26%	28%	31%	31%	32%
Utah	27%	28%	30%	31%	30%	29%	31%	31%	34%	37%	37%	37%
Washington	24%	27%	28%	32%	30%	29%	28%	28%	30%	33%	33%	34%
Wyoming	30%	31%	32%	33%	31%	30%	30%	30%	32%	34%	35%	34%
National	25%	27%	28%	29%	29%	30%	31%	32%	32%	33%	34%	34%
Note: State-level figures are estimates based on regional data

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