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College-Going Rates by County Charts

2006 College-Going Rates to Any California Public College or University

This chart provides college-going rates for counties in California. College-going rates were calculated by dividing the number of entering freshmen aged 19 and younger from public high schools in the county by the total number of graduates from public high schools in the county. All categories of public high schools are covered including comprehensive schools, continuation schools, and other categories of schools. Students with unknown genders and ethnicities and those from unknown schools were excluded from the data.

Data regarding high school graduates were obtained from the California Department of Education. Data for freshmen enrollment were obtained from each of the segments.

Note that the calculation of these rates is based on totals for each category such as year, county, and ethnicity. Rates do not entail longitudinal tracking of individual students.

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75% - Siskiyou County: 74.7% San Francisco County: 70.8% Ventura County: 64.5% Alameda County: 61.1% Sonoma County: 60.7% Orange County: 56.8% San Luis Obispo County: 56.0% San Benito County: 54.9% Sacramento County: 53.9% San Mateo County: 53.9% Santa Barbara County: 53.4% Los Angeles County: 52.6% El Dorado County: 49.0% Yolo County: 47.7% Santa Clara County: 47.7% Mendocino County: 47.4% State Average: 46.7% Tulare County: 46.2% San Diego County: 45.2% Merced County: 44.7% Solano County: 44.5% Marin County: 43.0% Kern County: 42.9% Imperial County: 42.5% Humboldt County: 42.4% San Joaquin County: 42.2% Mono County: 41.9% Butte County: 41.4% Santa Cruz County: 40.8% Amador County: 40.1% Lake County: 37.7% Riverside County: 37.6% Tuolumne County: 37.1% San Bernardino County: 36.5% Glenn County: 36.2% Monterey County: 36.0% Mariposa County: 35.9% Sutter County: 34.6% Napa County: 34.4% Plumas County: 33.2% Contra Costa County: 33.0% Stanislaus County: 32.4% Sierra County: 31.4% Yuba County: 28.7% Colusa County: 28.4% Calaveras County: 28.3% Lassen County: 25.6% Placer County: 25.5% Inyo County: 24.5% Del Norte County: 22.8% Kings County: 22.4% Fresno County: 19.6% Madera County: 16.6% Tehama County: 16.3% Trinity County: 14.4% Modoc County: 12.8% Nevada County: 12.1% Shasta County: 9.3% Alpine County: 0.0%  
56% -
38% -
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Siskiyou

San Francisco

Ventura

Alameda

Sonoma

Orange

San Luis Obispo

San Benito

Sacramento

San Mateo

Santa Barbara

Los Angeles

El Dorado

Yolo

Santa Clara

Mendocino

State Average

Tulare

San Diego

Merced

Solano

Marin

Kern

Imperial

Humboldt

San Joaquin

Mono

Butte

Santa Cruz

Amador

Lake

Riverside

Tuolumne

San Bernardino

Glenn

Monterey

Mariposa

Sutter

Napa

Plumas

Contra Costa

Stanislaus

Sierra

Yuba

Colusa

Calaveras

Lassen

Placer

Inyo

Del Norte

Kings

Fresno

Madera

Tehama

Trinity

Modoc

Nevada

Shasta

Alpine

 
 
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* Alpine County has no high schools.

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