97 Percent of Class of 2012 Heading to College
July 17, 2012
Almost all members of Stevenson High School’s Class of 2012 are going to college, but fewer are staying in Illinois and a declining percentage are headed to public institutions, according to the College/Career Center’s annual report on graduating seniors. The report, which includes information on 1,042 graduating seniors, includes the following highlights:
• 97% of the class is college-bound, with 87% attending four-year schools and 10% attending two-year schools. The percentages are identical to the Class of 2011.
• 60% of the class is attending a public institution, a decrease of five percentage points from 2011; 37% of the class is planning to begin its college education within the state of Illinois, a decrease of seven percentage points from 2011.
• The Class of 2012 can be found on 181 different campuses.
• The University of Illinois at Urbana remains the top school of choice, with 127 students — 14% of the SHS students heading to four-year colleges — planning to attend this fall.
• The five most popular four-year public universities for Stevenson’s latest graduates are: the University of Illinois (1217); Indiana University (61); University of Iowa (47); University of Illinois at Chicago (37); and Illinois State University (36). The top six private schools are: DePaul University (35); Loyola University Chicago (20); Columbia College (15); Bradley University (13); and Marquette University (12) and Northwestern University (12).