In the article "Is college worth it?" a nationality of individuals are more likely to not attend college, and those individuals are Hispanic. Two-thirds of college-aged Hispanics do not attend college, compared to comparatively only 47% of African Americans and 45% of Caucasians of the same age. The study that produced these findings also revealed that there is a correlation between low-income families and individuals not attending college. Fifty-nine percent of individuals under the age of thirty who came from a household with an income under $30,000 and who participated in the study do not have a college degree and are not currently attending college. However, that number drops to 35% of peers in the same age group when they come from a family earning at least $90,000 (Adam 61). The article written by Michelle Adam titled "Who Can Afford to Pay for College" is based on an editorial written by Thomas Mortenson. Adam quotes Mortenson as saying, "Since the late 1970s, the rate of college graduation at age twenty-four has increased by 30 percent for those from the family income quartile, but has not increased at all for those from from the lowest family income quartile". At age twenty-four statistics found that individuals with a household income of less than approximately $35,000 had only a 6% rate of return. To further demonstrate equality in education, statistics have shown that there is a direct relationship between increasing family income and college graduation rates. The rate rises from 12.7% to 26.8% and the highest income bracket has an attainment rate of 51.3% (Adam