The document contains information about state appropriations, median earnings by education level, education levels and use of social services, graduation rates by ethnicity, percentages of adults with associate degrees or higher in Oregon compared to other countries and age groups, and projections of Oregon's high school completers by race and ethnicity. It includes data on changes in state appropriations per student and by agency from 1989-1992 to 2005-2007, median earnings by education level in 2007, percentages of less educated Oregonians using social services, graduation rates varying by ethnicity, percentages of adults with degrees increasing with age but Oregon lagging other countries and the US, and the projected increase in Hispanic/Latino high school completers in Oregon by 2024-2025

1. State appropriation per student

2. Change in appropriations by agency Change in State and Local Appropriations per Capita: Oregon State Agencies 1989-92 to 2005-07 (Constant Dollars) - - - System - School Funding Judicial Sources: (1) Oregon Department of Administrative Services, Budget and Management; (2) Legislative Fiscal Office; (3) Paso Seguro Consulting. 44% - 12% - 7% 16% 50% 50% 25% 0% 25% 50% 75% Oregon University Total State & Local Community Colleges Total State & Local Human Services Public Safety & NOTE: Includes local property tax revenue for schools and community colleges.

3. Median earnings by education level Median Earnings in 2007 by Educational Level Chart Source: Postsecondary Education Opportunity

4. Higher education still pays… Source: The Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, “Help Wanted: Projections of Jobs and Education Requirements Through 2010; Author’s analysis of March CPS data, 2008

5. Education levels and state services Oregonians with Lower Education Levels Use More Social Services Percent with h.s. diploma or less Oregon Health Plan participants 62% Institutionalized in correctional or mental health facilities 71% Unemployment insurance claimants 71% Welfare recipients 63% Medically uninsured 53% Source: Oregon Business Council Education Roundtable, White Paper Reports, commissioned in 2005. Impresa estimates from 2000 Census and 2002 Population Survey. Data are for adults age 18 through 64.

6. Graduation rates by ethnicity

7. Oregon and the world…by degree Percent of Adults with an Associate Degree or Higher by Age Group – Oregon, U.S. & Leading OECD Countries Source: OECD, Education at a Glance 2008

8. Percent of Adults with an Associate Degree or Higher by Age Group – Oregon, U.S. & Leading OECD Countries Source: OECD, Education at a Glance 2008

9. Older Oregonian adults more educated than younger adults Percentage of Population with a Bachelor's Degree or Higher Early Career vs. Late Career, 2008 27.1% of Oregonians have Bachelor’s or higher Ages 25-34

10. Oregon’s demographic imperative Oregon High School Completers by Race/Ethnicity Actual and Projected, 1994-95 through 2024-25 Hispanic/Latino 4% of total 1994-95 Source: OUS Institutional Research & Planning, June 2009