Chicago Public Schools Students Often Take More Than Four Years to Complete College, Report Finds

Takeaways:

• A new report from the To&Through Project at the UChicago Consortium on School Research reveals that most Chicago Public Schools students take five years or longer to finish college.

• The report found that 30% of CPS students finished their degree in four years, but when looking at college completion rates within six years, the rate climbs to 50%.

• Approximately 67% of students finished their degree in five years, while 12% took longer.

• Disparities in college completion rates were observed among different races and genders, with young Black men being the least likely to finish their degree in either four or six years.

• Taking longer than four years to complete a degree can create financial burdens and delay the start of one's career and earnings.

References:

[1] Chicago Public Schools students are taking longer than four years to finish college: report. Link

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