More NYC high school graduates are college-bound — and ‘college ready’
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Marking a new record high, 62 percent of students in the class of 2018 have enrolled in higher education programs, city officials said Thursday.
Nearly 49,000 students who started high school in the fall of 2014 have enrolled in two- or four-year colleges, vocational programs, or public service programs, such as the military or AmeriCorps. That’s 3 percentage points higher than the year prior, according to the education department — continuing a steady uptick over the past several years.