Article: College graduates earn almost double the salary of high school graduates.(Brief Article)

Article: State ranks last for graduates: ; Number with high school diploma down from 1997
Charleston Daily Mail;  September 15, 2000 ;     700+ words ......Luff said. Ninety percent of West Virginians...24 have a high school diploma or GED, Luff said...you need a high school diploma," he said. Dana...this state, as a percentage, has the oldest...with only a high school diploma earned $23,594...to 29, almost 90 ...

Article: REPORT: RECRUITS LESS-EDUCATED ; In 2007, 71% had at least a high school diploma; in 2005, 83.5% had one
The Gazette;  January 23, 2008 ;     572 words ......from 83.5 percent who had at least a high school diploma in 2005...goal of 90 percent of recruits...least a high school diploma, citing research...percent to 54 percent of recruits...least a high school diploma during the...

Article: HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA RATE AT RECORD HIGH
United Press International;  June 29, 2004 ;     210 words ......International 06-29-2004 High school diploma rate at record high WASHINGTON...COMTEX) -- A record 85 percent of U.S. adults aged 25 and older had at least a high school diploma in 2003, the U.S. Census...reported Tuesday. The 27 percent of U.S. citizens holding...same age group held ...

Article: IS HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA WORTH ALL THE POMP?(MAIN)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  June 4, 1997 ;     700+ words ......redefine the high school diploma to make it a viable...graduate earned 50 percent more than a worker with just a high school diploma, according to the...earn nearly 100 percent more. In 1994...sense, the high school diploma is a victim of...grade. By 1950, 36 ...

Article: HIGH EDUCATION LEVELS A PARADOX CENSUS RANKS COLO. THIRD, BUT MANY LACK HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA.(News)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  March 28, 2005 ;     662 words ......Massachusetts, with nearly 36 percent of adults over age 25 having...The number was nearly 46 percent for the nation's capital and 37 percent for Massachusetts. The...of adults without a high school diploma. In 2004, Colorado ranked...nation, with only 88.3 percent of adults holding ...

Article: High school diploma not enough
St. Joseph News-Press;  December 7, 2005 ;     384 words ......that made a high school diploma or equivalency...fell from 25 percent to about 11 percent. But with low-ski...feeling that a high school diploma isn't enough. "Having a high school diploma in today's world...graduates earned 60 percent more than high...results in ...

Article: What can you do with a high school diploma?
Chicago Defender;  June 16, 2006 ;     700+ words ......students who use their high school diploma as a passport to college...Inc., as many as 40 percent of the nation's high...his friends the high school diploma was just a piece of...the report, while 75 percent of White students graduated...school in 2001, only 50 percent of all ...

Article: WHAT'S A BACHELOR DEGREE WORTH? COLLEGE GRADS AVERAGE $51,554; HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA $28,645
Evansville Courier & Press;  October 26, 2006 ;     224 words ......adults with bachelor's degrees and those with high school diplomas, according to data from the Census Bureau...2004, compared with $28,645 for adults with a high school diploma. High school dropouts earned an average of $19,169 and those with...women of every racial and ethnic group. Eighty-five ...

Article: Our views: ; The GED; Make use of a state program to get that high school diploma
Charleston Daily Mail;  October 28, 2000 ;     248 words ......Coincidence? Hardly. Only 75 percent of state residents over 24 have a high school diploma, compared to the national average of 83 percent. The days of dropping out...the effort. While only 64 percent of those who take the GED test cold pass the test, 80 percent of the people who ...

Article: City struggles with hurdles in Old Town: Per capita income in Old Town is only $11,000; 40 percent of residents do not have a high school diploma.
Daily Press (Victorville, CA);  May 12, 2006 ;     395 words ......Old Town stands between 15 and 20 percent. The report indicates that Old Town...one-mile radius. That's about 28 percent less than the citywide per capita...According to the report, about 40 percent of Old Town Victorville residents do not have a high school diploma. We have 6,700 people ...

Article: Majority of Ohio's working poor holds high school diploma, study finds.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  October 13, 2004 ;     673 words ......Ohio, having a high school diploma no longer guarantees...have at least a high school diploma or GED, according to...among 50 states in its percentage of low-income working...working families (27.4 percent) can be classified...authors found that the percentage of low-income ...

Article: THE $363,000 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT.(BUSINESS)
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  June 3, 2007 ;     294 words ......ranks near the top nationally, with nearly a 90 percent high school graduation rate. Data from the Wisconsin...schools in the Capitol Region graduated over 95 percent of their students. However, 260 students (14.4...School District dropped out of high school in that school year. What ...

Article: EDITORIAL: High school diploma is a must for success.(Editorial)
Reading Eagle (Reading, PA);  September 17, 2006 ;     574 words ......person without a diploma earns, on average, only 65 percent of what high school graduates earn. To make that a little clearer, 65 percent of $44,389 -- the median U.S. income in 2004...average people without high school diplomas earn 80 percent of the salaries earned by high school ...

Article: High school diploma doesn't lead families out of low-income life, study shows.(News)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  September 4, 2008 ;     687 words ......that a high school diploma alone likely...found that 85 percent of Colorado...have a high school diploma, but no college, 54 percent of those kids...they enter school, Ferland said...Colorado 85 percent Chance of growing...