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MAP: College dropout rates by county

Michigan’s college dropouts

Michigan does a good job getting students into college, but a lousy job keeping them there. One in four Michigan adults of working age attended college but didn’t earn an associate’s degree or higher.

Source: U.S. Census, American Community Survey

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