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longer a young person takes to enroll in college, the higher the chance is that they do not
graduate.

Second, higher ability individuals, as measured by AFQT scores, are more likely
to enter college, and, among those entering, more likely to finish . Moreover, delaying
enrollment is less costly in terms of reducing the probability of graduating college, for
those with higher AFQT scores.

Third, family background, measured by white-collar occupation and education
levels of parents, family income, and the number of sibling affect college-going behavior. It
is hypothesized that these variables capture the financial resources available to family
and, at the same time, the effect of parents on youths’ aspirations and the degree of
family encouragement.

Fourth, nonwhite high school graduates were found to be more likely than whites
to enter college. Specifically, the competing risks estimates suggest that nonwhites are
more likely to first enter four-year institutions than are whites.

Fifth, an increase in tuition levels for public four-year institutions appears to
reduce the chances that an individual first entering a two-year institution will transfer to a
four-year institution and obtain a four-year degree. There was no evidence that family
income moderated this impact. Also, tuition levels did not appear to affect the college
entry decision or graduation rates of those first entering four-year institutions.

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