IB graduates are academically prepared and ready for university life on day 1. In the US, 82% of low-income students in the IB Diploma Programme enrolled immediately in a two or four-year postsecondary institution, compared to 46% nationally1.
IB graduates bring a global perspective to your campus and engage in campus life while maintaining academic standards. Research shows that graduates from the IB Career-related Programme develop time management, critical thinking, research, language and industry-specific employment skills2.
International-mindedness and university preparedness are some of the positive longer-term outcomes of IB programmes, alumni report3. More than 2,000 universities throughout the world have IB recognition policies and can recruit students from over 4,000 IB schools in 142 countries.
What’s happened with IB has been generally transformational. They’re doing significantly better than other students coming from their schools
- Brian Spittle, Assistant Vice President,
DePaul University
The International Baccalaureate is a non-profit educational organization that offers a unique approach to teaching and learning through four educational programmes. Backed by 50 years of research, IB programmes develop the intellectual, personal, emotional and social skills students need to live, learn and work in a rapidly globalizing world.
Research shows IB students have higher immediate enrollment and retention at postsecondary institutions than their non-IB peers.
Through an IB education students develop core skills for success at university including: research, writing, presentation, communication, critical thinking, and time management skills. More importantly, through their IB studies, they learn how to learn and develop an awareness and global perspective that prepares them to become open-minded, compassionate, lifelong learners.
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