The chart shows the increase in
the number of people who received an education in USA between 1980 and 2001.
The most noticeable part of the graph is that the number of students in
colleges and universities was much lower than those enrolled in grade 1-9, was
generally below in grade 9-12.
At the begging of the twentieth
century number of those who were enrolled in grade 1-8 and in grade 9-12 began
to increase steadily. By the end of the twentieth century figures for the
former went up around 38 million, compared to 15 million for high school. Only
two period showed a growth - starting in the 1930s and 1970s for grade 1-8, and
in the 1940s and 1980s for grade 9-12. Whereas the number of students going on
to further education increased steadily until the end of the 1960s, when there
was a shar rise. This increase continued until the 1990s, when numbers were
level with those leaving high school - around 15 million.
Overall, during the twentieth
century there was a rise in the number of Americans receving an education at
all levels.
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