| Nationally, only 46% of low-income students enroll in four
year colleges. |
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As of 7.15.06
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2005-2006 Results and Statistics
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95% of 2006 graduates in a CollegeBound school are going to college (494 students)! CollegeBound worked with 676 seniors in the Class of 2006 and over 1,500 underclassmen with early awareness activities. |
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Since the program's inception in 2001, 92% of CollegeBound students have enrolled in post-secondary education; nearly 70% of these students remain in college. Nationwide, 51% of all students who begin college at a public institution will graduate within 6 years; 61% at private schools. For low-income and minority students the figures are even lower; African Americans are graduating from college at 41% and Hispanics at 49%. |
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In 2005, CollegeBound seniors received a total of $5.75 million in financial aid. The average student's package: was $11,642 annually – far above the national average of $8,474 for low-income students. Those students who are enrolling at private liberal arts colleges are getting more substantial financial aid packages, often averaging $40,000 per year. |
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Since 2001, we have demonstrated that a $1 investment yields an annual return of $7 to $ 8 in terms of scholarships and financial aid; multiplied by a student's 4 years in college, the return is $28 - $32. |
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The average CollegeBound school consists of 95 % minority students, more than 75% of students are low-income and 73% of CollegeBound graduates in 2006 were the 1st in their families to go to college. |
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CollegeBound has worked with more than 2,000 seniors and 4,000 underclassmen in New York City's public high schools since 2001. |
The 2006 CollegeBound graduates are attending
public and private colleges including: |
| Adelphi College |
Hamilton College |
Manhattan Marymount |
Smith College |
| Amherst College |
Hobart William Smith |
Mt. Holyoke College |
St. Lawrence Univ. |
| Barnard College |
Hofstra University |
New York University |
SUNY Albany |
| Canisius College |
>Howard University |
PACE University |
SUNY Old Westbury |
| City College |
Hunter College |
Parsons Design School |
SUNY New Paltz |
| College of St. Rose |
Ithaca College |
Penn State University |
Syracuse University |
| Connecticut College |
John Jay College |
Queens College |
Trinity College |
| Cornell University |
Lehman College |
Rochester Inst. Tech |
Tufts University |
| Dickinson College |
Long Island Univ. |
St. Bonaventure |
Univ. of Buffalo |
| Fordham University |
Loyola College |
St. John's University |
University of Conn. |
| Gettysburg College |
Marist College |
Skidmore College |
Wheaton College |
Of the nearly 500 CollegeBound students from the Class of 2006, 54% will attend a public university of New York City (CUNY), 12% will attend a State University (SUNY), 25% will attend a private college in NY State and 9% will attend a college outside of New York. |
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| According to the United States Department of Education, nationally, the number of African Americans and Latino's attending college continues to trail Whites 31% vs. 68%. CollegeBound' s rate is 92%! |
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