A report released Tuesday by a Maine education advocacy group showed that high schools in the state excel at graduating students, but that Maine lags in other workforce development areas.
The report by Educate Maine found that although 87% of Maine high school students graduated in 2014, only 48% of Maine students graduated college on time, which is 11 percentage points lower than the New England average. That gap increased by 5 percentage points from 2007 to 2013.
Completing a degree on time lowers costs for students and increases the probability of completion, a benefit for the economy, the report said.
