Three-Quarters of 2007 Graduates Go to College
Slightly more than three-quarters of the 2007 graduates from Portland’s public high schools will attend college this fall.
Of the 516 students who graduated last spring from Deering and Portland High School, 77 percent (400 students) have enrolled in college. Sixty percent of the graduates (311 students) will attend four-year colleges, with about half of those staying in Maine. Another 17 percent (89 students) will go to two-year schools.
An additional 16 students have signed up for various types of educational or training programs and 12 will serve in the military. The rest will work or have unknown plans.
Portland’s graduates will attend a number of highly selective colleges, including Bowdoin, Harvard, Princeton, Smith, New York University, Tulane and Tufts. Some will travel out of the country to attend such schools as the University of Kenya and American University of Bulgaria.
