Graduation Rates vs Incarceration Rates
Prisoners per 100K
- HS Grad
- Bach Deg
- Adv Deg
- Prisoners per 100K
- 870 - 681
- 680 - 571
- 570 - 491
- 490 - 401
- 400 - 281
- 280 - 221
- 220 - 140
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| State | HS Grad | Bach Deg | Adv Deg | Prisoners per 100K |
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| State | HS Grad | Bach Deg | Adv Deg | Prisoners per 100K |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 82.10% | 22.00% | 7.70% | 648 |
| Alaska | 91.40% | 26.60% | 9.00% | 340 |
| Arizona | 84.20% | 25.60% | 9.30% | 572 |
| Arkansas | 82.40% | 18.90% | 6.10% | 552 |
| California | 80.60% | 29.90% | 10.70% | 439 |
| Colorado | 89.30% | 35.90% | 12.70% | 445 |
| Connecticut | 88.60% | 35.60% | 15.50% | 376 |
| Delaware | 87.40% | 28.70% | 11.40% | 443 |
| Florida | 85.30% | 25.30% | 9.00% | 556 |
| Georgia | 83.90% | 27.50% | 9.90% | 479 |
| Hawaii | 90.40% | 29.60% | 9.90% | 302 |
| Idaho | 88.40% | 23.90% | 7.50% | 474 |
| Illinois | 86.40% | 30.60% | 11.70% | 373 |
| Indiana | 86.60% | 22.50% | 8.10% | 434 |
| Iowa | 90.50% | 25.10% | 7.40% | 309 |
| Kansas | 89.70% | 29.50% | 10.20% | 317 |
| Kentucky | 81.70% | 21.00% | 8.50% | 458 |
| Louisiana | 82.20% | 21.40% | 6.90% | 867 |
| Maine | 90.20% | 26.90% | 9.60% | 148 |
| Maryland | 88.20% | 35.70% | 16.00% | 387 |
| Massachusetts | 89.00% | 38.20% | 16.40% | 200 |
| Michigan | 87.90% | 24.60% | 9.40% | 445 |
| Minnesota | 91.50% | 31.50% | 10.30% | 185 |
| Mississippi | 80.40% | 19.60% | 7.10% | 686 |
| Missouri | 86.80% | 25.20% | 9.50% | 508 |
| Montana | 90.80% | 27.40% | 8.30% | 378 |
| Nebraska | 89.80% | 27.40% | 8.80% | 247 |
| Nevada | 83.90% | 21.80% | 7.60% | 472 |
| New Hampshire | 91.30% | 32.00% | 11.20% | 209 |
| New Jersey | 91.80% | 34.50% | 12.90% | 286 |
| New Mexico | 82.80% | 25.30% | 10.40% | 323 |
| New York | 84.70% | 32.40% | 14.00% | 288 |
| North Carolina | 84.30% | 26.50% | 8.80% | 373 |
| North Dakota | 90.10% | 25.80% | 6.70% | 226 |
| Ohio | 87.60% | 24.10% | 8.80% | 448 |
| Oklahoma | 85.60% | 22.70% | 7.40% | 654 |
| Oregon | 89.10% | 29.20% | 10.40% | 361 |
| Pennsylvania | 87.90% | 26.40% | 10.20% | 403 |
| Rhode Island | 84.70% | 30.50% | 11.70% | 197 |
| South Carolina | 83.60% | 24.30% | 8.40% | 495 |
| South Dakota | 89.90% | 25.10% | 7.30% | 416 |
| Tennessee | 83.10% | 23.00% | 7.90% | 432 |
| Texas | 79.90% | 25.50% | 8.50% | 648 |
| Utah | 90.40% | 28.50% | 9.10% | 238 |
| Vermont | 91.00% | 33.10% | 13.30% | 265 |
| Virginia | 86.60% | 34.00% | 14.10% | 468 |
| Washington | 89.70% | 31.00% | 11.10% | 269 |
| West Virginia | 82.80% | 17.30% | 6.70% | 363 |
| Wisconsin | 89.80% | 25.70% | 8.40% | 366 |
| Wyoming | 87.40% | 34.50% | 12.90% | 385 |