Posted by garnet71 on April 7, 2009, at 20:57:08
In reply to Re: Why do people in the U.S opt to NOT go to college? » Garnet71, posted by obsidian on April 7, 2009, at 20:44:29
Yes, less than a third..I'm sure about that number, but I have to check and see if that includes vocational/associate degrees because I also saw a U.S. census number at 17% of the U.S. population w/bachelor's degrees and haven't followed up on that yet to clarify; could be that i just made a typo in my draft. However, college enrollment rates are much higher at any given time, but a lot of people drop out-so that's actually the number of degrees held by the population rather than #of college students.
In the fields of science/technology, somewhere bet. 30 and 40 percent of all U.S. Master's degrees now go to foreigners, and over 50 percent of PhDs in science/technology go to foreigners rather than U.S. citizens. Many go back to their home countries. More U.S. students have opted for degrees in the social sciences. I'm not sure about medical degrees.
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