Getting Closer to the Finish Line: The College Enrollment and Completion Experiences of Graduates of the Boston Public Schools

Prepared by the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University, this report focuses on the college completion rates of Boston Public Schools graduates and the potential impact of a college completion initiative called Success Boston, which the Boston Foundation is proud to support with $1 million in funding annually.  The report finds that over the last decade, BPS graduates are enrolling in, persisting in and completing college at higher rates—and that we are on track to meet the ambitious goals of Success Boston. This is an achievement that makes our city a national leader in addressing what has become a crisis in higher education in the United States, where close to half of college students leave with no degree.