College Enrollment Patterns for Rural Indiana High School Graduates.

• A similar proportion of 2010 Indiana graduates of rural and of nonrural public high schools enrolled in college, but the proportion that enrolled in a two-year college was higher for graduates of rural schools. • Rural graduates had academic preparation similar to that of nonrural graduates and were less likely to be eligible for the school lunch program. • Rural graduates travelled farther than nonrural graduates to attend two-year colleges and less selective four-year colleges. • About a third of rural graduates and a quarter of nonrural graduates who enrolled in college chose a college that was less selective than colleges for which they were presumptively eligible.