Interest in Medical and Health 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 55% 50%
Master’s Degree 54% 49%
Bachelor’s Degree 27% 25%
Associate’s Degree 7% 8%
Voc-tech Degree 9% 9%
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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 70% 65%
Master’s Degree 63% 58%
Bachelor’s Degree 51% 47%
Associate’s Degree 33% 31%
Certification or Some College 31% 29%
High School Graduate or Less 21% 18%

Professional Degree, N = 157,050
Master’s Degree, N = 50,777
Bachelor’s Degree, N = 146,753
Associate’s Degree, N = 14,606
Voc-tech Degree, N = 2,466

Professional Degree, N = 24,000
Master’s Degree, N = 47,335
Bachelor’s Degree, N = 94,784
Associate’s Degree, N = 43,834
Certification or Some College, N = 64,555
High School Graduate or Less, N = 81,916

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 60% 56%
Master’s Degree 55% 51%
Bachelor’s Degree 29% 27%
Associate’s Degree 9% 10%
Voc-tech Degree 13% 13%
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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 75% 71%
Master’s Degree 68% 64%
Bachelor’s Degree 56% 53%
Associate’s Degree 39% 37%
Certification or Some College 37% 35%
High School Graduate or Less 26% 24%

Professional Degree, N = 74,105
Master’s Degree, N = 16,352
Bachelor’s Degree, N = 43,163
Associate’s Degree, N = 3,806
Voc-tech Degree, N = 462

Professional Degree, N = 10,278
Master’s Degree, N = 18,914
Bachelor’s Degree, N = 37,063
Associate’s Degree, N = 16,736
Certification or Some College, N = 24,045
High School Graduate or Less, N = 28,123

 

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.