Briar Townes, a recent high school graduate from Wyoming County, wants to pursue art without attending college. He has been overseeing an art camp, while considering other work options. Rural students show higher graduation rates than urban peers but lower college enrollment. Local school districts are implementing strategies to enhance access to higher education. However, skepticism towards college remains among rural communities. Nationally, college enrollment for rural graduates stands at 55%, lower than suburban and urban counterparts. Earning potential increases significantly with a college degree, highlighting the importance of higher education.
Many rural school districts, including the one in Perry that Townes attends, have begun offering college-level courses and working to remove academic and financial obstacles to higher education, with some success.
Even though rural students graduate from high school at higher rates than their peers in cities and suburbs, fewer of them go on to college.
College enrollment for rural students has remained largely flat in recent years, despite the district-level efforts and stepped-up recruitment by many universities.
An American man with a bachelor's degree earns an estimated $900,000 more over his lifetime than a peer with a high school diploma, research by the Social Security Administration has found.
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