The Inland Empire has atrocious educational attainment rates.  Only two thirds of the region’s high school students graduate and only one third them go on to college.  Among college-age (18-24 year old) IE residents, only 18% were attending college in 2007, marginally up from 15% in 1993.  Less than a quarter of all IE adult residents have a college degree, compared to a national average of 38%.