The results are in
Teens Becoming Adults / by the numbers
Average SAT score, class of 2012:1498 Critical reading: 496 Mathematics: 514 Writing: 488
$26,600
Average ACT Scores, 2012: 21.1
The average amount of debt an American student has when graduating college.
English: 20.5 Math:21.1 Reading: 21.3
Source: The Institute for College Access and Success, Project on Student Debt
Idaho’s composite: 21.7
I’m a Graduate, Now What?
Source: Collegeboard.com
You Live With… Your Parents? 2011:
33.5%
20.7 million
of Americans ages 25 to 29 had at least a bachelor’s degree in 2012. That’s a big jump from decades past.
people aged 18 to 30 live with their parents, up dramatically from just four years earlier.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics
Source: University of Minnesota Population Center
How Parents Feel About Their Young Adult Kids
The bad news
58%
Of parents who have kids aged 18-29:
of college graduates took six years to
38% have kids living at home. 64% say their children aren’t
get a four-year degree.
a source of stress.
Source: collegecompletion. chronicle.com
42% say money is a source of
parent-child conflict.
52%
say they consider their kids adults (shocker) Source: Clark University
Unemployed, or Unemployable?
Unemployment, June 2013: 16+: 7.6 16-19:
24 %
For the latest
20-24: 13.5
in news and
25-34: 7.6
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Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
My Life Will Be Better
Gallup asked more than 1,200 children and teens, in grades 5-12, if they thought they would have a better life, better home and better education than their parents.
42% Very likely 52% Somewhat likely Source: gallup.com
Healthy-Idaho.com