Figure 6. College enrollment rates for recent high school graduates, October 1959–2015
Year	Percent
1959	45.7
1960	45.1
1961	48.0
1962	49.0
1963	45.0
1964	48.3
1965	50.9
1966	50.1
1967	51.9
1968	55.4
1969	53.3
1970	51.8
1971	53.5
1972	49.2
1973	46.6
1974	47.6
1975	50.7
1976	48.8
1977	50.6
1978	50.1
1979	49.4
1980	49.4
1981	53.9
1982	50.6
1983	52.7
1984	55.2
1985	57.7
1986	53.7
1987	56.8
1988	58.9
1989	59.6
1990	59.9
1991	62.4
1992	61.7
1993	62.6
1994	61.9
1995	61.9
1996	65.0
1997	67.0
1998	65.6
1999	62.9
2000	63.3
2001	61.6
2002	65.2
2003	63.9
2004	66.7
2005	68.6
2006	66.0
2007	67.2
2008	68.6
2009	70.1
2010	68.1
2011	68.3
2012	66.2
2013	65.9
2014	68.4
2015	69.2
Note: Data beginning in 2006 are not strictly comparable to earlier years because of a change in supplement weights. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, October Supplement.