How Race Relates to College Grad Rates

Cliff Kuang:

Even while some minorities are surging ahead, others are trailing far behind.

Higher education has always been the golden ticket to better fortunes. So you've gotta wonder: Who's cashing in, who's stagnating, and why? The answers are all contained in a must-see interactive infographic showing college graduation rates across the country, created by the Chronicle of Higher Education.

We'll get to the nuances of the story behind the data in a second, but let's look at how the map works. You get to see a color coded scale showing what portion of each county in the U.S. has a college degree -- the bluer the county, the more people are college graduates. And for every county, you can see a detailed chart, showing exactly how it stacks up against others:

Posted by Jim Zellmer at February 3, 2011 4:20 AM
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