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This is about those attending not those that have actually graduated. Everyone is misreading this article. It says nothing about graduates

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https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d15/tables/dt15_103.20.asp

There's official data from the NCES on the share of children and young people still in school from 1940-2022(for 18 and 19 year olds it seperates young adults studying in higher education vs high school).

For 2020, the share still in school was 49.0% for 18 and 19 year olds(higher education), and 52.8% for 20 and 21 year olds(slight overestimate because some young adults are in school but not higher education). If 50% are in school, the average would be ~106 for 2020, with a standard deviation of 8.792. Compared to 1963(first year with a split between higher and high school education for 18 and 19 year old american students), the percentages are 29.8% and 25% respectively. The average IQ for students would be ~ 111. Notably, the percentage of 18 and 19 year olds in higher education has plateaued since 2005, and 20 and 21 year olds in school was the same in 2011 and 2020(although there was an increase of ~5% since 2005 to 2019).

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