Table 299. | Percentage distribution of 1980 high school sophomores, by highest level of education completed through 1992, by selected student characteristics: 1980 to 1992 |
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |All 1980|Less than| | | |Bache- | |Profes-| Student characteristics | soph- | high | High |Certifi-|Associate| lor's |Master's|sional |Doctor's | omores | school |school | cate | degree |degree | degree |degree | degree __________________________|________|_________|_______|________|_________|_______|________|_______|________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 __________________________|________|_________|_______|________|_________|_______|________|_______|________ Total ..................| 100.0 | 5.8 | 51.5 | 11.0 | 7.9 | 20.0 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 0.2 |________|_________|_______|________|_________|_______|________|_______|________ Sex | | | | | | | | | Male......................| 100.0 | 6.5 | 53.5 | 9.7 | 6.7 | 19.5 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 0.2 Female.............. .....| 100.0 | 5.0 | 49.5 | 12.4 | 9.1 | 20.5 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 | | | | | | | | | Race/ethnicity | | | | | | | | | White, non-Hispanic.......| 100.0 | 4.9 | 49.1 | 10.1 | 8.4 | 23.1 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 0.2 Black, non-Hispanic.......| 100.0 | 6.9 | 59.6 | 16.3 | 5.2 | 10.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 Hispanic..................| 100.0 | 11.9 | 59.6 | 11.2 | 7.3 | 9.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | --- Asian/Pacific Islander....| 100.0 | 0.6 | 40.9 | 6.9 | 6.2 | 32.7 | 4.7 | 7.5 | 0.7 American Indian/Alaskan | | | | | | | | | Native...................| 100.0 | 17.8 | 58.2 | 11.8 | 5.0 | 6.7 | 0.5 | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | Socioeconomic status | | | | | | | | | (1980) | | | | | | | | | Low quartile..............| 100.0 | 9.0 | 64.6 | 12.3 | 6.9 | 6.4 | 0.7 | 0.1 | --- Middle two quartiles......| 100.0 | 3.9 | 53.8 | 11.5 | 9.1 | 19.0 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.1 High quartile.............| 100.0 | 1.4 | 32.7 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 41.2 | 6.9 | 2.7 | 0.5 | | | | | | | | | Test score composite | | | | | | | | | (1982) | | | | | | | | | Low quartile..............| 100.0 | 15.6 | 64.0 | 13.0 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 0.2 | --- | 0.1 Middle two quartiles......| 100.0 | 3.1 | 56.2 | 12.8 | 10.1 | 16.1 | 1.5 | 0.3 | --- High quartile.............| 100.0 | 0.1 | 26.5 | 4.8 | 7.2 | 49.2 | 8.7 | 3.0 | 0.6 | | | | | | | | | Parents' educational | | | | | | | | | attainment in 1980 | | | | | | | | | No high school diploma....| 100.0 | 6.5 | 59.8 | 12.8 | 8.6 | 10.8 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 High school graduate......| 100.0 | 5.2 | 59.1 | 12.4 | 6.0 | 16.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 | --- Vocational/technical......| 100.0 | 3.0 | 49.2 | 15.4 | 10.2 | 19.1 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 Some college..............| 100.0 | 2.1 | 43.7 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 32.0 | 4.3 | 1.0 | 0.2 Bachelor's degree.........| 100.0 | 1.4 | 32.6 | 4.9 | 8.1 | 42.4 | 6.9 | 3.1 | 0.5 Advanced degree...........| 100.0 | 3.5 | 23.9 | 8.6 | 4.9 | 44.1 | 10.0 | 4.3 | 0.7 | | | | | | | | | High school diploma status| | | | | | | | | Regular diploma in 1982...| 100.0 | 0.3 | 51.9 | 10.8 | 8.7 | 23.9 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 0.2 Returned for diploma......| 100.0 | 6.8 | 68.3 | 14.4 | 7.0 | 3.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | --- Returned but no diploma...| 100.0 | 27.1 | 47.7 | 19.9 | 3.4 | 1.9 | --- | --- | --- Never returned............| 100.0 | 51.5 | 35.7 | 9.5 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.3 | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | Postsecondary expectations| | | | | | | | | in 1982 | | | | | | | | | None..................... | 100.0 | 15.5 | 71.1 | 9.3 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.1 | --- | 0.1 Vocational/technical......| 100.0 | 4.6 | 61.6 | 19.8 | 10.7 | 3.3 | 0.1 | --- | --- Less-than-4-year degree...| 100.0 | 1.6 | 53.2 | 13.3 | 15.6 | 15.0 | 1.1 | 0.2 | --- Bachelor's degree.........| 100.0 | 0.9 | 35.3 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 44.9 | 5.0 | 0.8 | 0.1 Advanced degree...........| 100.0 | 0.8 | 28.9 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 45.1 | 9.0 | 4.4 | 0.8 | | | | | | | | | Type of start in | | | | | | | | | postsecondary education | | | | | | | | | Fall 1982 full-time | | | | | | | | | 4-year..................| 100.0 | --- | 21.2 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 57.8 | 9.0 | 3.4 | 0.5 Fall 1982 full-time | | | | | | | | | public 2-year...........| 100.0 | 0.3 | 36.5 | 11.9 | 24.4 | 24.6 | 2.1 | 0.2 | --- Fall 1982 part-time | | | | | | | | | 4-year..................| 100.0 | --- | 52.2 | 6.7 | 10.0 | 27.2 | 3.5 | 0.1 | 0.4 Fall 1982 part-time | | | | | | | | | public 2-year...........| 100.0 | 1.6 | 59.5 | 13.4 | 9.4 | 14.4 | 0.9 | 0.8 | --- Fall 1982 other...........| 100.0 | 0.2 | 23.0 | 34.3 | 24.5 | 15.7 | 1.9 | 0.4 | --- Delayed 4-year............| 100.0 | 0.4 | 55.6 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 24.0 | 3.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 Delayed public 2-year.....| 100.0 | 1.7 | 63.0 | 16.9 | 12.0 | 6.2 | 0.2 | --- | --- Delayed other.............| 100.0 | 1.9 | 31.4 | 48.4 | 14.4 | 3.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | --- Other enrollment..........| 100.0 | --- | --- | 86.5 | 5.1 | 6.0 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.8 Never enrolled............| 100.0 | 16.1 | 83.9 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- __________________________|________|_________|_______|________|_________|_______|________|_______|________ |
---Data not applicable or not available. NOTE.--Because of rounding, details may not add to 100.0 percent. SOURCE: National Center for Education Statistics, High School and Beyond, Educational Attainment of High School Sophomores by 1992. (This table was prepared May 1995.) |