Abstract

In 2017, the Colorado Commission on Higher Education laid out an ambitious goal for the state: increasing the percentage of adults, aged 25 to 34, who hold a postsecondary credential from 49% to 66% by 2025. “The reality today is that increasing the number of Coloradans with postsecondary education is crucial to our state's future economic vitality. “The majority of jobs in Colorado already require some sort of postsecondary education…economists estimate that the demand for college‐educated adults in Colorado is the fifth highest among all states in the nation,” authors of the CCHE master plan wrote, underlining the importance of driving increases in college completions and credentials for the state's economic future.

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