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College-Going Rates by County Charts

2007 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.

Data collection for Fall 2007 is in progress. As a result, more recent data than what is displayed may be available for some systems. Visit the Custom Data Reports for the most up-to-date data. Select the year needed from the drop-down list at the top of the options. Visit the Dates Available for availability for each type of data. The Sources and Timing of Data page has an approximate schedule for each type of data the Commission collects.

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85% - Siskiyou County: 83.4% San Francisco County: 70.6% Ventura County: 66.8% Glenn County: 63.2% Imperial County: 62.4% Orange County: 60.5% Alameda County: 59.5% Sonoma County: 59.4% Butte County: 58.1% Sacramento County: 57.7% El Dorado County: 56.6% Mendocino County: 55.0% San Diego County: 55.0% San Luis Obispo County: 54.8% Placer County: 54.2% Los Angeles County: 52.3% San Benito County: 51.4% San Mateo County: 51.1% Santa Barbara County: 49.9% San Joaquin County: 49.3% Solano County: 48.8% State Average: 48.0% Humboldt County: 46.9% Merced County: 46.5% Santa Clara County: 46.2% Plumas County: 44.8% Marin County: 44.4% Kern County: 44.1% Yolo County: 43.8% Mono County: 41.4% Contra Costa County: 41.2% Amador County: 38.7% Riverside County: 38.0% Lake County: 35.2% Monterey County: 34.9% San Bernardino County: 33.5% Nevada County: 33.2% Mariposa County: 32.5% Napa County: 32.0% Sierra County: 28.9% Del Norte County: 28.6% Inyo County: 28.5% Colusa County: 26.0% Lassen County: 22.3% Santa Cruz County: 22.1% Sutter County: 22.1% Tehama County: 21.4% Fresno County: 21.1% Kings County: 20.8% Calaveras County: 20.4% Stanislaus County: 19.9% Tuolumne County: 19.3% Trinity County: 19.1% Tulare County: 18.9% Yuba County: 17.0% Modoc County: 16.7% Madera County: 15.6% Shasta County: 11.7% Alpine County: 0.0%  
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Siskiyou

San Francisco

Ventura

Glenn

Imperial

Orange

Alameda

Sonoma

Butte

Sacramento

El Dorado

Mendocino

San Diego

San Luis Obispo

Placer

Los Angeles

San Benito

San Mateo

Santa Barbara

San Joaquin

Solano

State Average

Humboldt

Merced

Santa Clara

Plumas

Marin

Kern

Yolo

Mono

Contra Costa

Amador

Riverside

Lake

Monterey

San Bernardino

Nevada

Mariposa

Napa

Sierra

Del Norte

Inyo

Colusa

Lassen

Santa Cruz

Sutter

Tehama

Fresno

Kings

Calaveras

Stanislaus

Tuolumne

Trinity

Tulare

Yuba

Modoc

Madera

Shasta

Alpine

 
 
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* Alpine County has no high schools.

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