Russia has the highest percentage of university graduates in the world, followed by Canada, Israel, and Japan. The US ranks 12th, with less than 40% of the population holding a bachelor’s degree or higher. US college statistics show low completion rates and a significant need for remedial education. Income inequality affects college success rates.
Russia has the highest percentage of university graduates in the world, with just over half of Russia’s population holding a bachelor’s degree or higher. Followed by Canada, Israel and Japan, each of which has 40-50 percent of the population with university degrees. The United States ranks 12th out of 36 industrialized nations in terms of college degrees, with less than 40 percent of the population holding any type of higher education qualification, i.e. a bachelor’s degree or higher.
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Nearly 70 percent of US high school graduates go to college, but less than half of students who start a bachelor’s program finish it.
More than a quarter of all US college students require remedial reading, writing and math in their first year of college.
Students from higher-income families are nearly eight times more likely to earn a bachelor’s degree by age 24 than those from low-income families.
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