Question?
By Chuck on Oct 28, 2008 in Featured
Let me propose a question here…
In 2003, 75 million people — more than one-fourth of the U.S. population age 3 and older — were in school throughout the country, according to School Enrollment — Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 2003. Nine million children, age 3 and older, were enrolled in nursery school and kindergarten, 33 million in elementary school and 17 million in high school.
Hhhmmmm, 17 million high school students.
Today there are 17,487,475 college students overall in the United States.
Does anyone else see an issue?
That’s funny.
You may just be pointing out an oddity, but if you want a nerdy answer…
I think that the 17.4 mil number is number of degrees issued (in 2005) - including Associate’s, Undergrad, and Grad. Not enrollment.
As the Census data shows, there were 13.4 mil in Undergrad that year, with 17.1 mil in high school. But the 13.4 number would include more than just 4 years of students, though.
Benson Hines | Oct 29, 2008 | Reply
Benson, you may be right, but if you check the data table on the link the 17.4 mil is enrollment. this is both 2 and 4 yr, as well as both private and public.
the degrees granted was much lower.
chuck bomar | Oct 30, 2008 | Reply
You’re right about that! I had been looking at the title. My bad.
Benson Hines | Nov 3, 2008 | Reply