Number of Floridians ages 25-34 with college degree fell in 2010

[Baitball Blogger]

WASHINGTON — The number of young Floridians with a college degree fell in 2010 to about 817,000 — a decrease of about 19,000 from 2009, according to new estimates.

The Florida drop runs counter to a national uptick in college-educated Americans that the Obama administration plans to tout when the nation's governors gather in Virginia later this week. In 2010, 15.9 million Americans between the ages of 25 and 34 had a college degree, a bump of about 100,000 from the year before.

The release of these state-by-state figures Wednesday was not coincidental; U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan aims to use them as motivation for governors to keep up the good work — in states such as Alaska, New York or Texas — or do better, because there have been declines in Florida and about 20 other states.

"Do you want to be first in the United States in terms of having the number of college graduates or do you want to be 35th or 40th or 50? What's your aspiration for your state?" asked Duncan, speaking Wednesday to a small gathering of reporters.

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-07-12/news/os-florida-graduates-decline-20120712_1_state-spending-college-degree-graduation-rates

[RockaFowler]

1. And tuition just went up again

They are making it more and more difficult for students to get a higher education