Young Women's Leadership Foundation

Nationally, only 46% of low-income students enroll in four year colleges.

	95 % of 2008 graduates in a CBI school were accepted to college. The New York City Department of Education reports that less than 50% of high school graduates citywide go on to college.
	In 2008, the CBI seniors received a total of $5.91 million in ÒfreeÓ financial aid (no loans); an average student package of $13,295 annually. The national average package for low-income students is was $6,300 and $8,300 for students in NY State. (NCES: National Postsecondary Aid Study 2004).
	76% of CBI graduates in 2008 are the first in their families to go to college
	Of the nearly 500 graduates from the Class of 2008 who will go to college, 73% will go to four-year colleges; 38% will enroll in private colleges and 62% will enroll in public colleges and universities.
	73% of CollegeBound Initiative graduates in 2008 were the first in their families to go to college.
	Of the nearly 500 graduates from the Class of 2008 who will go to college, 25% will enroll in private colleges in New York state, 14% in out of state private colleges, 28% in the State University of New York schools (SUNY) and 46% in the City University of New York (CUNY) schools.
	A CBI counselor's average student caseload is never more than 100 seniors. According to the US Department of Education, the ratio of students to counselors in all public schools nationally is 451:1.
	CollegeBound Initiatives has demonstrated that a $1 investment can yield a $7 to $8 return in terms of scholarships and financial aid. Over four years this is a $28 to $32 dollar return on a single dollar!
	In the 2007-2008 school year CBI worked with more than 500 seniors in 8 coed and single-sex high schools and more than 5,000 students in grades 6-11 at twelve schools (including 5 Young WomenÕs Leadership Schools and 7 co-ed public schools in NYC and New Haven) .

Graduates from CBI’s Class of 2008 are attending public and private colleges
Alfred State University	Fairfield University	Medgar Evers College	SUNY, Oswego
Barnard College	Five Towns College	Middlebury College	Syracuse University
Bates College	Gettysburg College	Mount St. Mary College	Temple University
Bentley College	Hartwick College	PACE University	Trinity College
Bowling Green State Univ.	Haverford College	Pennsylvania State Univ.	Tufts University
Bronx Community College	Hobart William Smith College	Rochester Inst. of Technology	University at Albany
Brooklyn College	Hobart William Smith College	Rochester Inst. of Technology	University of Hartford
Buffalo State College	Hofstra University	Skidmore College	University of Maryland
Canisius College	Hunter College	St. Bonaventure Univ.	University of Redlands
Clark Atlanta University	Indiana University of PA	St. John’s University	University of Rochester
Connecticut College	Ithaca College	Spelman College	University of Richmond
Cornell University	John Jay College	SUNY, Buffalo	Villanova University
Daemen College	Lincoln University	SUNY, New Paltz	Wheaton College
Eugene Lang College	Lock Haven Univ. of PA	SUNY, Fredonia	Williams College
	Long Island University	SUNY, Morrisville	York College
	Marist College	SUNY, Old Westbury

CollegeBound Initiative Alumni

Thanks to the work of CBI’s full-time Alumni and Partnership Coordinator, we have tracked all alumni from the Class of 2001-2006 and verified college enrollment for 76% of our alumni. Class of 2007 data will be available by December 2008.

Class Year	Graduated, Still Enrolled, or Graduate School	Graduation Year (5 yrs)
Class of 2001	70%	2006
Class of 2002	90%	2007
Class of 2003	67%	2008
Class of 2004	72%	2009
Class of 2005	82%	2010
Class of 2006	93%	2011