Reply to Any Canadians on this forum?

Forum Index » Private & Independent Schools

Reply to "Any Canadians on this forum?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In Canada many don't go to college and attend trade schools and it is culturally accepted.[/quote]

"Many" is not exactly accurate. About 26% of all Canadians aged 24-65 have a university degree. I think that number in the US is about 31%. Those numbers include many who are in the 40-65 age group when university enrollment was less common. in recent years about 40% of high school graduates in Canada go on to university. About 10% of 19 yr olds in Canada haven't complete high school. That leaves about 50% of high school graduates not going to university - many of these students do go to college (the equivalent of community college/trade/vocational schools in the US) and yes this is very culturally acceptable. Currently 51% of the adult population has a post secondary diploma (college) or degree (university). It is also fairly common in Canada to work for a year or two after high school then go back to do your diploma/degree. The highest in the OECD. I am not sure how all those numbers compare to the US. I think the high school drop out rate is much higher. 
[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics