Just Half of High School Grads Plan to Attend 4-Year College, New Survey Shows

The following is excerpted from an online article posted by StudyFinds.

Going to college was once a textbook goal for most high school graduates, but our current generation of youngsters doesn’t seem to be on the same page. A shocking new survey of 1,000 recent high school graduates shows that just half are planning to attend a four-year college or university.

The poll, which also included 1,000 parents of public high school students, reveals another worrisome result: just 22% of students feel “very prepared” for life after graduation. And parents agree: less than half of parents surveyed (43%) believe their child is ready for the “real world” after graduating high school.

Results also show that one in two students are considering less traditional routes. About a quarter (24%) plan to immediately enter the job force after high school, while a fifth (21%) are planning for a two-year college or university, like a community college.

Others are looking to go to a trade school or get a certificate (9%), take a gap year (7%) or join the military (4%).

When asked what they wished their high school focused more on, 36 percent agreed they would have liked to learn about post-high school life — beyond going to college. And with so many opting for less traditional next steps, 37 percent vied for more exposure to job skills and 20 percent desired more application of classroom material, outside of testing.

Source: StudyFinds
https://studyfinds.org/half-of-high-school-grads-planning-to-attend-college/