Joshua Leake and Megan Townsend – National Student Clearinghouse
This study examined the postsecondary outcomes of International Baccalaureate (IB) Career-related Programme (CP) students who graduated from high school in 2016 in the United States (US) and enrolled in US higher education institutions (n = 706). The findings showed that 72% percent of US CP graduates enrolled in college immediately after graduating from high school compared to 64% of all US high school graduates. CP students were also more likely than the national average to enroll in a four-year postsecondary institution and to attend a “More selective” or “Selective” four-year institution. Of the CP graduates who enrolled in college immediately after high school, 81% returned to the same institution the following year compared to 72% of all US students. While CP graduates had similar four-year graduation rates compared to the national average (47% and 49% respectively), they had notably higher six-year graduation rates than US students nationally (77% compared to 68%).
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