We Are All Equal?

WE ARE ALL Despie efors creose EQUAL? diversity in schools, minorities and lower-income families still find themselves behind when it comes to getting a degree. Just how far behind are they? WOMEN HAVE MADE THE MOST PROGRESS 25% That's a big difference from 1975, when 17% fewer women graduated than men. 10 MILLION fewer men receive college degrees than women today. Difference in number of diplomas earned by women vs, men since 1982 =1 million BUT THERE'S STILL A LONG WAY TO GO ... RACIAL MAKEUP OF UNDERGRADUATE POPULATION AT FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTIONS: American Indian Foreign/ international White Asian or Black or Alaskan Native Pacific Islander 58% 1% 6% 13% 3% Multiracial 2% Unknown 6% Hispanic 11% PERCENTAGE OF DEGREE-HOLDERS: 66 DIVERSE STUDENT ENROLLMENT PROMOTES UNDERSTANDING, HELPS TO BREAK DOWN RACIAL STEREOTYPES, ENABLES STUDENTS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND PEOPLE DIFFERENT RACES AND All Americans 25 and older 28% African-Americans 17% OF PREPARES ALL STUDENTS TO SUCCEED IN, AND EVENTUALLY LEAD, AN INCREASINGLY DIVERSE WORKFORCE AND SOCIETY. 22 Hispanics 13% U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder WHERE WILL YOU FIND DIVERSITY? Some of the most and least diverse universities (according to the U.S. News and World Report diversity index, in which the closer a school is to 1.0, the more diverse it is): New Hampshire North Dakota State Michigan Technological 0.13 0.13 0.15 Yeshiva University, New York Stanford, California 0.02 0.74 Andrews University, Michigan St. John's, New York 0.74 Rutgers, New Jersey 0.74 0.77 Houston 0.74 Florida A&M 0.10 THE MONEY FACTOR School isn't cheap. Current and former U.S. college students currently owe $1 trillion in student loan debt, with the average student walking away from his or her education with a debt of The total outstanding student loan debt of the U.S. is more than the GDP of more than 200 COUNTRIES $35,200 around the world, including: Iran, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Taiwan, Poland, Argentina and Sweden. AVERAGE TUITION AND FEES: 54% A Private $30,094 of students from wealthy families obtain a college degree Public out-of-state $22,203 9% of students from low-income families obtain a college degree Public in-state $8,893 WHAT ABOUT FINANCIAL AID? $5,550 Harvard offers students whose families make less than $1 MILLION Maximum amount of a Pell Grant, which helps low-income students pay for college $40,000 How much more a college degree holder will make over a 40-year career compared to a non-degree holder a nearly FREE That's about half the cost of a typical state university and a 10th of the cost of a prestigious private school. EDUCATION Despite the incentive, only 15 such students generally qualify in a class of 1,650. THAT'S LESS THAN 1% SOURCES • http://cnsnews.com O http://www.aei-ideas.org • http://college-insight.org http://www.americanprogress.org http://www.ed.gov • http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.comO http://www.bachelorsdegreeonline.com O http://www.abcnews.go.com • http://www.equalvoiceforfamilies.org • http://www.forbes.com O http://www.psmag.com O http://money.cnn.com • http://www.npr.org O https://www.cia.gov bestcollegesonline.org