Rising costs of tuition are not discouraging high school graduates from going to college. New figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) show 70% of individuals 16-24 years old who finished high school between January and October 2009 were attending a college or university. With the job market thin, the rate was the highest ever recorded by the BLS since it began tracking this information in 1959. The rate was higher for women than men (74% to 66%). Comparing ethnic groups, 92% of Asian high school graduates went on to college, while only 59% of Hispanics did so.