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Fewer high school graduates in Indiana are enrolling in college according to a recent report from the Indiana Commission for Higher Education.
The commission says college-going rates in Indiana are at their lowest point in recent history at just 59 percent – that's a drop of 6 percentage points over the past five years. The report's data comes from 2019, so state and school officials say they expect a further decline in next year's report as data begins to reflect the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
College-going rates are even lower specifically among Black, Hispanic and Latino, and low-income high school graduates.