But as the nursing shortage worsens, a growing number of schools and hospitals are establishing "fast-track programs" that enable college graduates with no nursing experience to become registered nurses with only a year or so of specialized training.

BASIS in Tucson, with only 120 high-schoolers and 18 graduates this year.

Nearly 250 schools on the full ,Newsweek list of the top 5% of schools nationally had fewer than 200 graduates in

Among college graduates, in 2014 46% were married or living with a partner, and only 19% were living with their parents.

College graduates, for example, are particularly interested in driverless cars compared with those who have less education: 59 percent of college graduates said they would like to use a driverless car compared with 38 percent of those with a high-school d

You mean high school graduates can't do this task in general?

But today, most graduates end up working outside academia, not only in industry but also in careers such as science policy, communications, and patent law.

Nearby Colby College logged an 18-point difference between white and black graduates in 2007 and 25 points in 2006.

A flagship university in the South, the school graduates just 16 percent of its first-generation students, despite its overall graduation rate of 71 percent.

According to a 2012 survey described in The Atlantic, college reputation ranked lowest in relative importance of attributes in evaluating graduates for hire, beaten out by top factors like internships, employment during college, college major, volunteer e

Almost half of graduates—those who go on to earn less—will have a portion of their debt written off.

As a journalist, I have competed against NYU, Columbia, and Northeastern graduates for jobs.

As recent graduates can testify, the job market isn't kind to candidates who can't demonstrate genuine competence, along with a well-cultivated willingness to work hard.

College graduates will still fare better than those with only a high school education, of course.

Knowledge based degrees are still important, but employers are demanding advanced thinking skills from college graduates.

Teachers need to be much better paid to attract the best college graduates to the nation's worst schools.

The Washington Post reported on a recent study by Princeton economists, in which college graduates who applied to the most selective schools in the 12th grade were compared to those who applied to slightly less selective schools.

Two years before, a nationwide study of college graduates had shown that more than a third had made no significant gains in such mental abilities during their school years.

Wealthy universities talk up the benefits their name will give graduates: namely, strong alumni networks, star faculty, and a resume boost.