| |
Completed (highest level)
|
|
No degree or certificate
|
Student characteristic
and year first enrolled |
Bachelor’s
degree |
Associate’s
degree |
Vocational
certificate |
|
Still enrolled
at 4-year
institution |
Still enrolled
at 2-year
institution or less |
Not
enrolled |
|
| Sex |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Male |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1989–90 |
24.5 |
10.2 |
11.3 |
|
10.0 |
5.6 |
38.4 |
| 1995–96 |
23.5 |
10.7 |
9.6 |
|
14.1 |
6.6 |
35.6 |
| Female |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1989–90 |
26.9 |
12.1 |
14.4 |
|
6.3 |
4.8 |
35.4 |
| 1995–96 |
26.3 |
9.3 |
13.4 |
|
9.6 |
6.6 |
34.8 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Race/ethnicity1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Asian/Pacific Islander |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1989–90 |
34.4 |
8.5 |
11.5! |
|
13.5 |
6.4 |
25.7 |
| 1995–96 |
35.7 |
10.6! |
6.9 |
|
16.0 |
7.6 |
23.2 |
| Black |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1989–90 |
16.9 |
8.8 |
16.1 |
|
8.2 |
5.3 |
44.7 |
| 1995–96 |
14.5 |
5.2 |
16.9 |
|
11.2 |
7.2 |
45.1 |
| White |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1989–90 |
27.3 |
11.6 |
12.3 |
|
7.9 |
4.3 |
36.6 |
| 1995–96 |
27.8 |
10.3 |
10.6 |
|
11.4 |
6.3 |
33.6 |
| Hispanic |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1989–90 |
17.8 |
11.5 |
15.7 |
|
6.8 |
11.8 |
36.4 |
| 1995–96 |
15.2 |
11.8 |
14.4 |
|
11.4! |
7.4 |
39.8 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Family income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Lowest quarter |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1989–90 |
16.7 |
11.5 |
17.2 |
|
7.3 |
4.9 |
42.3 |
| 1995–96 |
15.0 |
14.0 |
14.9 |
|
10.7 |
6.1 |
39.4 |
| Middle two quarters |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1989–90 |
24.6 |
11.6 |
13.2 |
|
7.8 |
5.2 |
37.5 |
| 1995–96 |
23.7 |
9.5 |
12.5 |
|
11.4 |
7.4 |
35.5 |
| Highest quarter |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1989–90 |
38.4 |
9.8 |
7.7 |
|
9.5 |
5.5 |
29.1 |
| 1995–96 |
41.0 |
5.9 |
5.7 |
|
12.8 |
5.4 |
29.2 |
|
!Interpret data with caution (estimates are unstable due to small sample sizes).
|
1Black includes African American, Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian, and Hispanic includes Latino. Racial categories exclude Hispanic origin. Estimates for American Indians are excluded due to extremely small sample sizes.
|
NOTE: See supplemental note 3 for information on income quartiles. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
|
SOURCE: Horn, L., and Berger, R. 2004. College Persistence on the Rise? Changes in 5-Year Degree Completion and Postsecondary Persistence Between 1994 and 2000 (NCES 2004–156), table 5-B. Data from U.S. Department of Education, NCES, 1989/90 and 1995/96 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Studies (BPS:90/94 and BPS:96/01).
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