b"Tonight we recognize the achievements of our 2021 high school and higher education graduates, and celebrate these accomplishments! We have a combined cohort of112Sponsor-A-Scholar, College Connection and PACE Scholar high school seniors.100% of the Sponsor-A-Scholar, College Connection, and PACE Scholars Classes of 2021 will graduate from high school.99% of the graduating class will matriculate to college in the fall 13% of the Class of 2021 will attend college outside of Pennsylvania, the largest percentage of any Philadelphia Futures class. Members of the Class of 2021 will be the first Philadelphia Futures students to attend Bentley University, Brandeis University, California College of the Arts, Clark University, Harvard University, and Northeastern University.60% of our high school graduates will attend Philadelphia Futures partner colleges. Philadelphia Futures partner colleges are Albright College, Arcadia University, Dickinson College, Drexel University, Franklin & Marshall College, Gettysburg College, Haverford College, Juniata College, Lafayette College, Lehigh University, Penn State University, Saint Joseph's University, Temple University, and Villanova University.In 2021, Philadelphia Futures students will earn53Associate, Bachelors, and graduate degrees.The six-year college graduation rate for the Sponsor-A-Scholar Class of 2015 is 86%, and the College Connection Class of 2015 is 82%. Sixty-four percent of the students from the Sponsor-A-Scholar and College Connection classes of 2016 have completed their degrees, with several more still enrolled and on track to graduate. Twenty-nine Philadelphia Futures students will earn degrees from our partner colleges in 2021.Of the students who completed their degrees in 2020, 88% were enrolled in graduate school, accepted a full-time job, or committed to a year-long service program within six months of graduation."