Entrepreneurship Education: A road to success  A US study on alumni of the NFTE programme181 showed that 88% of NFTE alumni between the ages of 25340 with a high school diploma are employed (compared to 69% national average).  From the same study it appeared that among NFTE alumni, one out of every five employed individuals is self-employed. With this, NFTE alumni outperform the U.S. self-employment rate where one out of every nine 182 employed individuals is self-employed.  The same study provided evidence that NFTE alumni in the US have a higher income:  The average annual income of NFTE graduates over the age of 25 with a minimum of a high school diploma was $38,000 USD per year ($24,000 national average for the same group).  Male NFTE alumni over the age of 25 made $43,000 a year on average (national average of $30,600 for the same population). Female NFTE alumnae over the age of 25 made $34,000 a year (national average of $18,000 for the same population).183  The Swedish long-term study 8Practice makes perfect9184 showed that students who ran a JA training company between 1994-1996  were more likely to become managers: 7.4% of Young Enterprise Sweden Alumni were found to be managers 16 years after secondary school, versus 5.1% for the control group. This means that, Young Enterprise Sweden Alumni had a 44% higher probability of becoming managers than the control group;  were more strongly established in the labour market: In 2010, 10% of Young Enterprise Sweden alumni and 12% of the control group were