Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/202757 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 12411
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
College completion rates declined from the 1970s to the 1990s. We document that this trend has reversed - since the 1990s, college completion rates have increased. We investigate the reasons for the increase in college graduation rates. Collectively, student characteristics, institutional resources, and institution attended do not explain much of the change. However, we document that standards for degree receipt may explain some of the change in graduation rates.
Subjects: 
college completion
JEL: 
I23
I21
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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