Numbers Attending College Rise: ; Study Shows Increase of 2 Percent in 2004

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The number of high school graduates going to college in West Virginia increased to 60 percent last year, a jump of 2 percent over 2003, a study by the Higher Education Policy Commission shows.

Of the 18,009 students who graduated from high school in 2004, about 10,805 students enrolled in a college or university, including about 7,961 at West Virginia institutions.

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Numbers Attending College Rise: ; Study Shows Increase of 2 Percent in 2004

As college freshmen, the high school Class of 2004 completed more credits per semester, maintained a higher grade point average and enrolled in fewer remedial courses than in pre...

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