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Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States: 2007

NCES 2009-064
September 2009


Year Number
 passed
  Age group
16 17 18 19 20–24 25 or older
                 
1998 480,947   2.8 11.8 19.1 12.2 24.1 30.0
1999 498,015   3.3 12.9 16.1 12.3 24.3 31.1
2000 486,997   3.2 13.0 16.5 12.2 24.9 30.2
2001 648,022   2.9 11.5 14.7 11.5 26.4 33.0
2002 329,515   4.4 15.8 17.4 11.6 24.6 26.2
2003 387,470   3.9 14.6 16.8 11.4 25.9 27.4
2004 405,724   4.0 14.0 16.8 11.4 26.2 27.6
2005 423,714   3.9 13.7 16.1 10.9 25.6 29.8
2006 398,045   4.1 14.4 16.7 10.9 24.9 29.0
2007 428,840   4.0 14.3 17.0 10.9 24.1 29.7
NOTE: Data apply to the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The numbers and percentage distributions for 1998–2001 were reported in the original source as the number receiving a credential.
SOURCE: American Council on Education, GED Testing Service. (2008). 2007 GED Testing Program Statistical Report. Washington, DC: Author; American Council on Education, GED Testing Service. (2007). 2006 GED Testing Program Statistical Report. Washington, DC: Author; American Council on Education, GED Testing Service. (2003–06). Who Passed the GED Tests? Annual Statistical Report. Washington, DC: Author; and American Council on Education, GED Testing Service. (1991–2002). Who Took the GED? GED Annual Statistical Report. Washington, DC: Author.