Dropouts vs. Grads

Updated: August 15, 2012

One student a minute, 71 a hour, 1,700 a day -- more than a million teens drop out of high school each year.

Find out how much that diploma is worth by using the calculator to track the real cost of dropping out.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor

Interactive: Money Maker Calculator

Choose the degree you plan to complete, select the job you want, and compare your money-making potential to a high school dropout.

Quiz: Dropouts vs. Grads

Find out the stats on what it means to be a grad or a dropout.

Video: From Dropout to Employed

A New Jersey program is giving kids who dropped out of school a second chance.

Video: Fighting Drop Outs

A California program is working to turn near-drop outs into graduates.

Students are working against their school's rep as a place where no one graduates.

Video: Over-age High School

There's no age limit at this Texas school that's helping kids graduate.

Video: Drop Outs

What the Philly school system is doing to fight back.

Video: Drop-Out Factories

What a Chicago school is doing to change their reputation.