Phase 2 of Postsecondary Research Project will dive deep into how our students’ K-12 experiences are connected to postsecondary outcomes, including postsecondary credential attainment, and living wage attainment. Here’s a sneak peek of what you can expect to learn more about…

• Graduates who took 5 or more advanced courses in high school were more than 3x as likely to attain credentials than those who took no advanced courses.

• Graduates with a professional certification were 3.1x more likely to meet living wage standards for a single earner with no dependents six years after high school than those with no postsecondary credential. Graduates with bachelor’s degrees were 4.3x more likely.

• Only 3% of 2016 Houston region graduates were meeting living wage standards for a single earner household with one dependent six years after high school graduation. 

Stay tuned! We will host additional events to learn and engage more about this research!