College-Going Rate Trends by County
College-Going Rates of Public High School Students
Students of All Ethnicities
to
Any California Public College or University
This chart provides college-going rates in California from
1989
to
2008
. College-going rates were calculated by dividing the number of entering freshmen aged 19 and
younger from high schools matching a specific criteria by the total number of graduates from high schools
matching the same criteria. 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 and includes all students --
full-time, part-time, credit, and non-credit.
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.
Ethnicity data is collected separately by K-12 schools and higher education institutions. Consequently,
college-going rates may be affected by variations in reporting of ethnicity.
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|
County
|
1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| Alameda | 53% | 54% | 54% | 56% | 55% | 55% | 54% | 54% | 54% | 52% | 54% | 55% | 58% | 61% | 59% | 62% | 60% | 61% | 60% | 50% |
| Alpine | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Amador | 23% | 25% | 24% | 28% | 35% | 24% | 32% | 30% | 28% | 38% | 28% | 32% | 32% | 36% | 35% | 33% | 45% | 40% | 39% | 55% |
| Butte | 47% | 44% | 51% | 42% | 44% | 44% | 42% | 52% | 53% | 56% | 53% | 54% | 59% | 60% | 35% | 47% | 44% | 41% | 58% | 57% |
| Calaveras | 30% | 30% | 34% | 33% | 34% | 36% | 33% | 41% | 35% | 36% | 39% | 35% | 43% | 38% | 37% | 25% | 23% | 28% | 20% | 27% |
| Colusa | 41% | 25% | 45% | 31% | 35% | 29% | 41% | 34% | 29% | 22% | 24% | 23% | 38% | 36% | 42% | 37% | 30% | 28% | 26% | 34% |
| Contra Costa | 57% | 55% | 59% | 60% | 51% | 52% | 54% | 51% | 50% | 50% | 21% | 28% | 38% | 39% | 36% | 38% | 32% | 33% | 41% | 30% |
| Del Norte | 31% | 23% | 25% | 26% | 31% | 28% | 31% | 25% | 36% | 33% | 31% | 33% | 32% | 23% | 13% | 12% | 18% | 23% | 29% | 38% |
| El Dorado | 48% | 48% | 47% | 47% | 47% | 47% | 46% | 54% | 48% | 48% | 47% | 49% | 49% | 37% | 49% | 45% | 44% | 49% | 57% | 55% |
| Fresno | 53% | 51% | 49% | 53% | 50% | 51% | 56% | 57% | 56% | 19% | 20% | 45% | 23% | 22% | 20% | 24% | 18% | 20% | 21% | 31% |
| Glenn | 46% | 37% | 39% | 38% | 32% | 38% | 35% | 54% | 51% | 42% | 56% | 53% | 58% | 58% | 28% | 44% | 37% | 36% | 64% | 51% |
| Humboldt | 50% | 45% | 45% | 45% | 49% | 44% | 45% | 47% | 47% | 48% | 46% | 48% | 45% | 45% | 22% | 39% | 44% | 42% | 47% | 47% |
| Imperial | 46% | 16% | 11% | 15% | 43% | 16% | 59% | 29% | 47% | 41% | 51% | 47% | 53% | 67% | 76% | 93% | 51% | 42% | 62% | 29% |
| Inyo | 24% | 28% | 33% | 38% | 39% | 34% | 26% | 33% | 37% | 26% | 21% | 32% | 31% | 34% | 30% | 36% | 30% | 25% | 29% | 30% |
| Kern | 45% | 50% | 39% | 39% | 37% | 36% | 33% | 30% | 32% | 35% | 41% | 43% | 41% | 45% | 37% | 38% | 38% | 43% | 45% | 44% |
| Kings | 43% | 31% | 37% | 42% | 42% | 43% | 44% | 48% | 51% | 50% | 51% | 51% | 33% | 49% | 29% | 25% | 34% | 22% | 21% | 26% |
| Lake | 30% | 23% | 45% | 39% | 38% | 32% | 32% | 33% | 33% | 33% | 29% | 25% | 33% | 34% | 35% | 38% | 37% | 38% | 35% | 30% |
| Lassen | 27% | 40% | 27% | 20% | 27% | 27% | 28% | 33% | 33% | 35% | 29% | 31% | 32% | 39% | 26% | 28% | 25% | 26% | 23% | 16% |
| Los Angeles | 51% | 49% | 50% | 47% | 46% | 46% | 49% | 50% | 47% | 45% | 44% | 44% | 46% | 49% | 44% | 46% | 48% | 53% | 53% | 53% |
| Madera | 38% | 36% | 44% | 45% | 43% | 45% | 41% | 44% | 42% | 19% | 17% | 35% | 23% | 16% | 15% | 14% | 13% | 17% | 16% | 20% |
| Marin | 55% | 35% | 57% | 56% | 50% | 40% | 44% | 44% | 42% | 41% | 34% | 39% | 45% | 44% | 40% | 40% | 43% | 43% | 45% | 52% |
| Mariposa | 41% | 41% | 52% | 36% | 26% | 43% | 42% | 45% | 36% | 35% | 32% | 34% | 32% | 22% | 18% | 16% | 36% | 36% | 32% | 38% |
| Mendocino | 44% | 42% | 45% | 38% | 41% | 43% | 40% | 43% | 39% | 41% | 41% | 43% | 45% | 48% | 41% | 46% | 46% | 47% | 55% | 48% |
| Merced | 39% | 40% | 46% | 45% | 34% | 48% | 46% | 45% | 42% | 40% | 37% | 41% | 42% | 14% | 15% | 14% | 42% | 45% | 46% | 51% |
| Modoc | 27% | 23% | 26% | 22% | 18% | 12% | 24% | 20% | 19% | 24% | 18% | 10% | 22% | 16% | 19% | 18% | 18% | 13% | 18% | 16% |
| Mono | 41% | 45% | 41% | 38% | 56% | 43% | 35% | 33% | 30% | 27% | 16% | 25% | 30% | 21% | 18% | 28% | 27% | 42% | 41% | 41% |
| Monterey | 43% | 45% | 47% | 54% | 37% | 42% | 50% | 48% | 46% | 45% | 48% | 24% | 37% | 42% | 39% | 46% | 43% | 36% | 35% | 33% |
| Napa | 49% | 39% | 51% | 45% | 43% | 35% | 54% | 49% | 32% | 26% | 30% | 28% | 36% | 37% | 29% | 25% | 30% | 34% | 32% | 27% |
| Nevada | 48% | 44% | 45% | 47% | 41% | 46% | 47% | 54% | 48% | 49% | 45% | 45% | 41% | 44% | 45% | 31% | 26% | 12% | 31% | 27% |
| Orange | 55% | 55% | 57% | 53% | 54% | 52% | 54% | 51% | 61% | 55% | 58% | 52% | 55% | 56% | 51% | 54% | 54% | 57% | 61% | 56% |
| Placer | 48% | 51% | 51% | 50% | 52% | 53% | 50% | 51% | 46% | 46% | 46% | 43% | 43% | 46% | 44% | 45% | 47% | 25% | 54% | 50% |
| Plumas | 39% | 39% | 43% | 33% | 34% | 35% | 32% | 45% | 40% | 38% | 31% | 33% | 39% | 39% | 28% | 31% | 43% | 33% | 45% | 46% |
| Riverside | 32% | 40% | 39% | 33% | 26% | 26% | 30% | 34% | 32% | 24% | 34% | 29% | 31% | 36% | 32% | 34% | 30% | 38% | 39% | 44% |
| Sacramento | 50% | 53% | 50% | 51% | 54% | 54% | 55% | 57% | 54% | 51% | 53% | 53% | 54% | 44% | 47% | 49% | 51% | 54% | 58% | 60% |
| San Benito | 43% | 52% | 40% | 56% | 47% | 45% | 53% | 80% | 47% | 45% | 38% | 39% | 45% | 49% | 46% | 46% | 51% | 55% | 51% | 27% |
| San Bernardino | 41% | 39% | 39% | 29% | 36% | 36% | 32% | 32% | 32% | 34% | 36% | 37% | 42% | 41% | 40% | 39% | 34% | 36% | 34% | 29% |
| San Diego | 51% | 49% | 46% | 55% | 49% | 49% | 54% | 53% | 50% | 50% | 43% | 40% | 42% | 44% | 35% | 45% | 38% | 45% | 56% | 52% |
| San Francisco | 58% | 42% | 49% | 59% | 59% | 60% | 63% | 57% | 61% | 54% | 57% | 56% | 56% | 54% | 60% | 63% | 65% | 71% | 71% | 76% |
| San Joaquin | 54% | 49% | 54% | 54% | 55% | 47% | 47% | 47% | 45% | 41% | 45% | 45% | 44% | 42% | 44% | 38% | 38% | 42% | 50% | 46% |
| San Luis Obispo | 47% | 48% | 54% | 54% | 54% | 54% | 55% | 58% | 57% | 56% | 57% | 57% | 56% | 63% | 56% | 55% | 52% | 56% | 55% | 54% |
| San Mateo | 63% | 58% | 56% | 53% | 53% | 54% | 58% | 52% | 54% | 54% | 48% | 51% | 53% | 53% | 50% | 50% | 52% | 54% | 51% | 51% |
| Santa Barbara | 39% | 33% | 50% | 48% | 49% | 49% | 57% | 56% | 48% | 50% | 50% | 49% | 51% | 53% | 52% | 51% | 51% | 53% | 50% | 53% |
| Santa Clara | 49% | 58% | 58% | 56% | 55% | 56% | 58% | 56% | 49% | 52% | 46% | 53% | 45% | 44% | 43% | 49% | 43% | 48% | 46% | 33% |
| Santa Cruz | 56% | 56% | 52% | 42% | 61% | 60% | 58% | 51% | 58% | 58% | 50% | 49% | 42% | 50% | 51% | 53% | 41% | 41% | 22% | 21% |
| Shasta | 42% | 19% | 40% | 44% | 41% | 38% | 42% | 41% | 37% | 46% | 41% | 41% | 45% | 44% | 18% | 13% | 9% | 9% | 29% | 55% |
| Sierra | 28% | 34% | 31% | 24% | 29% | 22% | 38% | 46% | 32% | 25% | 18% | 20% | 28% | 33% | 29% | 25% | 22% | 31% | 29% | 23% |
| Siskiyou | 41% | 42% | 27% | 23% | 24% | 28% | 28% | 23% | 26% | 26% | 31% | 24% | 29% | 37% | 47% | 66% | 66% | 75% | 86% | 58% |
| Solano | 44% | 44% | 46% | 42% | 40% | 37% | 43% | 44% | 37% | 37% | 38% | 44% | 43% | 45% | 45% | 44% | 43% | 44% | 49% | 46% |
| Sonoma | 60% | 54% | 60% | 56% | 53% | 58% | 62% | 57% | 60% | 60% | 58% | 57% | 55% | 55% | 52% | 57% | 57% | 61% | 59% | 60% |
| Stanislaus | 44% | 32% | 32% | 42% | 42% | 46% | 47% | 48% | 49% | 47% | 44% | 46% | 49% | 50% | 44% | 34% | 33% | 32% | 20% | 19% |
| Sutter | 36% | 12% | 48% | 44% | 38% | 38% | 37% | 34% | 25% | 26% | 37% | 24% | 37% | 46% | 45% | 57% | 45% | 35% | 22% | 22% |
| Tehama | 41% | 24% | 37% | 39% | 41% | 39% | 38% | 43% | 38% | 43% | 42% | 40% | 47% | 41% | 19% | 13% | 15% | 16% | 38% | 36% |
| Trinity | 33% | 18% | 21% | 25% | 31% | 31% | 32% | 39% | 41% | 34% | 41% | 39% | 47% | 39% | 21% | 18% | 18% | 14% | 28% | 28% |
| Tulare | 46% | 44% | 46% | 45% | 46% | 46% | 47% | 47% | 50% | 45% | 48% | 48% | 50% | 51% | 46% | 43% | 44% | 46% | 19% | 54% |
| Tuolumne | 41% | 31% | 39% | 42% | 46% | 46% | 51% | 51% | 56% | 51% | 50% | 56% | 48% | 48% | 54% | 34% | 42% | 37% | 23% | 23% |
| Ventura | 48% | 45% | 46% | 22% | 50% | 48% | 51% | 52% | 50% | 55% | 33% | 50% | 57% | 59% | 58% | 58% | 61% | 64% | 66% | 66% |
| Yolo | 51% | 42% | 49% | 45% | 47% | 49% | 49% | 50% | 44% | 45% | 48% | 42% | 52% | 49% | 53% | 52% | 49% | 49% | 46% | 50% |
| Yuba | 35% | 8% | 42% | 50% | 37% | 32% | 26% | 31% | 33% | 23% | 35% | 19% | 25% | 45% | 40% | 43% | 37% | 31% | 19% | 21% |
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