15% and 50% who start college finish with BS.

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Yes, for those of us who live in a state where CC is cheap (or even free), a huge percentage of kids go on to CC immediately after HS. Here in CA, at roughly $750/semester if you don't qualify for any grants (so full price), it's a steal.

My local CC has a grant that gives free tuition and $500 for books for the first 2 semesters of CC if you graduate (and have gone for 4 years) to a list of high schools, and 4 free semesters from a particular school district (that the CC is in). The grant is not need-based, so ALL kids can go for free. Let's not even mention that they have satellite campuses that make it extremely convenient to take classes (the one here is in a converted strip mall in the center of town, basically equidistant between all 3 large high schools; others are equally convenient to the high schools in each area).

So yes, a LOT of our kids are going to CC, because why wouldn't they? I don't know of a single kid in the last few years that wasn't going to at least take a shot at a semester or two of CC here in my town.