The governor’s office released the results this week of a study which shows that Virginia students in higher education have a significanlty higher graduation completion rate that students from most other states. The report, released by the National Student Clearing House, shows that most Virginia college students complete their degrees at a rate far above the national average.
The report which focuses on six-year completition rates for Virginia students at four-year institutions for first-time freshmen lists the completition rate for Virginia students at 76 percent. The national average is 61 percent. Only students from Iowa and New Hampshire had higher completition rates.
Governor McDonnell complemented the colleges and universities on their efforts to increase the completition rates and also assisting Virginia to meet the Top Jobs Legislation of an additional 100,000 new degrees.
If you would like to review the goverenor’s announcement please go to: http://www.governor.virginia.gov/news/viewRelease.cfm?id=1697
