Interest in Science by Educational Aspirations and Parental Education Level

   

Overall STEM Interest

  

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Percent of 2015 ACT-Tested High School Graduates Meeting ACT College Readiness Benchmarks by Educational Aspirations and Subject
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Percent of 2015 ACT-Tested High School Graduates Meeting ACT College Readiness Benchmarks by Educational Aspirations and Subject
Aspiration Mathematics Science
Professional Degree 65% 58%
Master’s Degree 74% 66%
Bachelor’s Degree 48% 43%
Associate’s Degree 13% 14%
Voc-tech Degree 14% 12%
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Percent of 2015 ACT-Tested High School Graduates Meeting ACT College Readiness Benchmarks by Highest Parental Education Level and Subject
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Percent of 2015 ACT-Tested High School Graduates Meeting ACT College Readiness Benchmarks by Highest Parental Education Level and Subject
Education Level Mathematics Science
Professional Degree 74% 70%
Master’s Degree 73% 67%
Bachelor’s Degree 60% 55%
Associate’s Degree 43% 39%
Certification or Some College 41% 38%
High School Graduate or Less 29% 25%

Professional Degree, N = 12,369
Master’s Degree, N = 17,699
Bachelor’s Degree, N = 54,446
Associate’s Degree, N = 5,044
Voc-tech Degree, N = 2,585

Professional Degree, N = 6,230
Master’s Degree, N = 12,935
Bachelor’s Degree, N = 24,916
Associate’s Degree, N = 9,290
Certification or Some College, N = 14,490
High School Graduate or Less, N = 20,276

Expressed and Measured Interest

  

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Percent of 2015 ACT-Tested High School Graduates Meeting ACT College Readiness Benchmarks by Educational Aspirations and Subject
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Percent of 2015 ACT-Tested High School Graduates Meeting ACT College Readiness Benchmarks by Educational Aspirations and Subject
Aspiration Mathematics Science
Professional Degree 78% 72%
Master’s Degree 81% 76%
Bachelor’s Degree 59% 57%
Associate’s Degree 21% 26%
Voc-tech Degree 20% 23%
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Percent of 2015 ACT-Tested High School Graduates Meeting ACT College Readiness Benchmarks by Highest Parental Education Level and Subject
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Percent of 2015 ACT-Tested High School Graduates Meeting ACT College Readiness Benchmarks by Highest Parental Education Level and Subject
Education Level Mathematics Science
Professional Degree 84% 80%
Master’s Degree 80% 76%
Bachelor’s Degree 70% 67%
Associate’s Degree 56% 53%
Certification or Some College 55% 54%
High School Graduate or Less 44% 40%

Professional Degree, N = 3,146
Master’s Degree, N = 3,936
Bachelor’s Degree, N = 10,591
Associate’s Degree, N = 630
Voc-tech Degree, N = 280

Professional Degree, N = 1,662
Master’s Degree, N = 3,102
Bachelor’s Degree, N = 5,429
Associate’s Degree, N = 1,835
Certification or Some College, N = 2,812
High School Graduate or Less, N = 3,325

 

Note: Reporting achievement by combinations of student characteristics may give rise to small N counts. As a result, outcomes reported in this section should be interpreted with caution.