College Options

Today college seems like a thing we have to do. However, the main reason most people are going on to college is because they made choices to be able to go and recieve a degree higher than there high school diploma. The percentage of people getting into college and actually getting a degree has increased since 2003. The main reason for this increase is because of college options.
College options is important because it helps a lot of student reach there goals and go to college. It helps with getting a jump start into college and letting students feel how the college life is. It also makes sure that the students are passing and helps them if they are not. Its a good way to get ahead of the game.
The statewide average of people with a degree higher then post-high school degrees is 29.5% where as the county is only 18.8%. Even though these numbers are not very close. Our county is not too bad compared to some others.
A reason why the averages are so different, is because the state has a lot more of a range as the county doesnt. Plus shasta county only has four major colleges. And some people dont think they will be able to pay for college, so they dont go. Plus people tend to just go and start working a full time job to support there families. A lot of women are getting pregant around sixteen now a days which is not good at all, but they have to support there children, therefore they think they can not go to college and they have to start a job. Shasta County also has a lot of people who get married or ingaged to a military man and they travel around with there significant other rather than staying home and waiting. However our numbers have increased since college options has started helping out the high school students.