{"id":1562,"date":"2014-09-09T07:36:23","date_gmt":"2014-09-09T11:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/?p=1562"},"modified":"2015-12-23T07:39:12","modified_gmt":"2015-12-23T12:39:12","slug":"maryland-graduates-top-1-billion-in-scholarship-offers-once-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/maryland-graduates-top-1-billion-in-scholarship-offers-once-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Graduates Top $1 Billion In Scholarship Offers Once Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><em>Class Of 2014 Nearly Equals Record Set Last Year<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>For Immediate Release \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Contact: Bill Reinhard, 410-767-0486<\/p>\n<p>Maryland\u2019s class of 2014 became the second class in a row to break the $1 billion mark in scholarship offers to continue their education, according to the results of a new Maryland State Department of Education survey.\u00a0 Students received $1.075 billion in scholarship offers, just short of last year\u2019s record total of $1.17 billion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPostsecondary education is one of the most important investments that students can make,\u201d said State Superintendent of Schools Lillian M. Lowery. \u201cMaryland\u2019s schools are implementing college and career-ready standards and continue emphasizing the importance of career guidance and planning. Our goal, as a state, is for every student to graduate high school prepared academically and with the financial capability to further their education and pursue their dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The survey found that 18,258 graduates received offers last year \u2013 slightly more than one-third of the 2014 graduating class of 53,902.\u00a0 The scholarships included nearly 300 National Merit Finalists and a record 466 scholarship offers from Ivy League institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Maryland high school graduates often have a leg up on the students who complete their education in other states.\u00a0 For example, Maryland\u2019s public school system ranks at or near the top in several achievement categories tracked by <em>Education Week<\/em>, the nation\u2019s leading education publication.\u00a0 In addition, the State has ranked number one in the nation for eight years running in the percentage of graduates receiving high scores (3-5) on the Advanced Placement (AP) exams.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Class Of 2014 Nearly Equals Record Set Last Year<br \/>\nFor Immediate Release \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Contact: Bill Reinhard, 410-767-0486<br \/>\nMaryland\u2019s class of 2014 became the second class in a <a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/maryland-graduates-top-1-billion-in-scholarship-offers-once-again\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8230;Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-newsreleases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/79"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1562"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1589,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1562\/revisions\/1589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}