Common to continue studying regardless of upper secondary school grades
August 02, 2024
Original Article:
The proportion who continue their studies in post-secondary education increases with rising upper secondary school grades. This applies to both those who studied university preparatory programs and vocational programs and regardless of gender. But among graduates from university preparatory programs there are also many among those with low grades who continue their studies.
New statistics describe how many and what percentage of those who graduated from upper secondary school chose to study further in post-secondary education. The post-secondary education consists of studies on:
- college
- university of applied sciences
- folk high school
- art and culture courses.
Of those who graduated from high school in the spring of 2018, 63 percent had started a post-secondary education five years later. It is above all those who have studied a university-preparatory high school program who continue their studies. Among them, 81 percent had started a post-secondary education. The corresponding proportion among those who studied a vocational program was 24 percent.
- The probability of continuing to study after high school increases with rising grades, says Annica Wallerå, researcher at Statistics Sweden. But even among those with low grades, many continue their studies within five years. Of course, some of them may have completed their high school grades at komvux before they continue their studies.
Over 90 percent of those who graduated with a high average grade point (17.5–20.0) had started a post-secondary education within five years. But among graduates from university preparatory programs, relatively many with low grades, almost 60 percent, have started post-secondary studies five years after high school.
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