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Table 3. Percentage distribution of 1992–93 bachelor’s degree recipients’ additional degree enrollment, by student and institutional characteristics: 2003 |
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| Student and institutional characteristics | No additional degree enrollment1 |
Nongraduate degree or certificate2 |
Master’s degree |
Doctoral degree |
First- professional degree |
| Total | 52.1 | 7.2 | 31.2 | 4.5 | 5.0 |
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 54.4 | 6.3 | 27.4 | 5.7 | 6.2 |
| Female | 50.2 | 7.9 | 34.4 | 3.5 | 4.0 |
| Race/ethnicity3 | |||||
| White | 53.0 | 7.0 | 31.1 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| Black | 46.3 | 7.5 | 35.7 | 5.4 | 5.1 |
| Hispanic | 48.6 | 7.9 | 33.0 | 5.9 | 4.6 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 49.9 | 7.5 | 25.7 | 3.4 | 13.4 |
| Other | 49.7 | 20.4 | 23.3 | 3.8 | 2.8 |
| Parents’ highest education | |||||
| High school graduate or less | 58.5 | 6.6 | 29.4 | 2.5 | 3.1 |
| Some college | 52.9 | 7.3 | 32.3 | 3.3 | 4.3 |
| Bachelor’s degree | 52.4 | 7.4 | 29.7 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| Advanced degree | 43.4 | 7.4 | 34.5 | 7.3 | 7.4 |
| Dependency status and family income | |||||
| Dependent | |||||
| Lowest | 52.4 | 7.0 | 30.0 | 5.4 | 5.2 |
| Low middle | 48.9 | 7.9 | 32.4 | 4.8 | 6.1 |
| High middle | 46.7 | 5.5 | 34.4 | 6.6 | 6.7 |
| Highest | 43.9 | 7.1 | 32.6 | 7.3 | 9.1 |
| Independent | 58.2 | 7.6 | 29.6 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| Age received bachelor’s degree | |||||
| 24 or younger | 49.8 | 6.7 | 31.6 | 5.6 | 6.2 |
| 25–29 | 62.2 | 8.4 | 25.6 | 2.0 | 1.8 |
| 30 or older | 55.5 | 7.8 | 33.0 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| Type of degree-granting institution | |||||
| Public 4-year | 52.9 | 8.5 | 29.9 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
| Non-doctorate-granting | 54.1 | 9.6 | 31.7 | 2.1 | 2.5 |
| Doctorate-granting | 52.2 | 8.0 | 28.9 | 5.6 | 5.3 |
| Private not-for-profit 4-year | 49.4 | 4.9 | 33.9 | 5.2 | 6.7 |
| Non-doctorate-granting | 52.2 | 5.7 | 33.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| Doctorate-granting | 45.6 | 3.7 | 34.7 | 6.3 | 9.7 |
| Other | 61.3 | 2.7 | 31.9 | 1.9 | 2.3 |
| Undergraduate major | |||||
| Business and management | 68.1 | 6.0 | 23.0 | 0.6 | 2.3 |
| Education | 40.8 | 7.5 | 46.5 | 3.0 | 2.3 |
| Engineering, mathematics, or science | 43.6 | 5.9 | 29.3 | 12.9 | 8.3 |
| Humanities or social sciences | 44.5 | 8.8 | 33.8 | 5.6 | 7.3 |
| Other | 56.7 | 7.4 | 29.4 | 2.2 | 4.3 |
| GPA for undergraduate major | |||||
| Less than 3.0 | 63.8 | 8.8 | 22.9 | 2.1 | 2.6 |
| 3.0 or higher | 50.1 | 6.5 | 32.9 | 5.1 | 5.4 |
| Amount borrowed (undergraduate) | |||||
| Did not borrow | 52.9 | 6.6 | 30.3 | 4.8 | 5.4 |
| Less than $5,000 | 52.5 | 8.1 | 31.6 | 4.1 | 3.7 |
| $5,000–9,999 | 51.0 | 7.0 | 34.0 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
| $10,000–14,999 | 51.0 | 9.3 | 30.0 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
| $15,000 or more | 51.9 | 6.2 | 32.1 | 4.6 | 5.3 |
| 1 No enrollment after the bachelor’s degree earned in 1992–93 or enrollment only in courses not leading to a degree or certificate. |
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| 2 Enrolled in a program leading to a technical diploma, associate’s degree, bachelor’s degree, or postbaccalaureate certificate. |
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| 3 Black includes African American, Hispanic includes Latino, and Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian. Other refers to American Indian or Alaska Native. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin unless specified. |
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| NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Estimates include students from the 50 states, DC, and Puerto Rico. |
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| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1993/03 Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B:93/03). |
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