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Attained by 2003
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|
Enrolled in 2003
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Type of institution
and student characteristic |
Enrolled
between
1993 and
2003 |
Any
advanced
degree1 |
Master’s2 |
First-
profes
sional3 |
Doctoral |
|
Any
advanced
degree1 |
Master’s2 |
First-
profes
sional3 |
Doctoral |
Did not
complete,
not enrolled
in 2003 |
|
| Total |
40.1 |
25.6 |
19.7 |
4.0 |
1.9 |
|
5.9 |
4.2 |
0.5 |
1.2 |
9.4 |
Type of undergraduate
institution |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Public 4-year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Non-doctorate-granting |
35.4 |
20.9 |
17.9 |
2.1 |
0.9 |
|
5.8 |
5.0 |
0.4! |
0.5! |
9.1 |
| Doctorate-granting |
39.4 |
24.8 |
18.1 |
4.2 |
2.5 |
|
5.7 |
3.7 |
0.9 |
1.1 |
9.5 |
Private not-for-profit 4-year
Non-doctorate-granting |
41.3 |
25.8 |
20.8 |
3.3 |
1.7 |
|
6.4 |
4.7 |
0.2! |
1.5 |
10.3 |
| Doctorate-granting |
50.5 |
35.5 |
25.2 |
7.9 |
2.4 |
|
6.3 |
4.1 |
0.2! |
2.0 |
9.8 |
| Other 33.5 |
25.4 |
22.5 |
1.6! |
1.3! |
4.5! |
|
3.8! |
0.4! |
0.3! |
3.6 |
|
Educational expectations at
bachelor’s completion4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Bachelor’s degree |
16.7 |
9.1 |
7.7 |
1.0! |
0.4! |
|
3.9 |
2.6 |
0.8! |
0.5! |
4.0 |
| Master’s degree |
35.5 |
22.0 |
20.9 |
0.9 |
0.3! |
|
5.5 |
4.5 |
0.3! |
0.7 |
8.5 |
| First-professional degree |
69.9 |
52.5 |
13.9 |
32.4 |
6.2 |
|
6.3 |
3.4 |
2.1! |
0.9! |
11.7 |
| Doctoral degree |
63.1 |
41.0 |
27.9 |
6.2 |
6.8 |
|
8.5 |
5.0 |
0.4! |
3.2 |
15.5 |
| Sex |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Male |
38.7 |
25.6 |
18.0 |
4.9 |
2.7 |
|
5.7 |
3.8 |
0.7! |
1.2 |
8.3 |
| Female |
41.3 |
25.5 |
21.1 |
3.2 |
1.3 |
|
6.1 |
4.6 |
0.4 |
1.1 |
10.3 |
| Race/ethnicity5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| White |
39.4 |
25.4 |
20.0 |
3.7 |
1.8 |
|
5.4 |
3.9 |
0.4 |
1.1 |
9.3 |
| Black |
45.5 |
25.8 |
20.5 |
3.0 |
2.3! |
|
11.2 |
7.1 |
1.7! |
2.4! |
9.8 |
| Hispanic |
43.8 |
25.0 |
17.7 |
3.7! |
3.7 |
|
8.5 |
7.1! |
0.4! |
0.9! |
10.9 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander |
41.5 |
27.1 |
14.9 |
11.0 |
1.3! |
|
5.3! |
3.5! |
1.0! |
0.8! |
9.3 |
Parents’ highest level
of education |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| High school diploma or less |
33.8 |
19.0 |
15.9 |
2.1 |
1.0 |
|
5.7 |
4.7 |
0.4! |
0.6 |
9.4 |
| Some college |
39.1 |
24.3 |
20.1 |
3.1 |
1.0! |
|
6.0 |
4.5 |
0.8! |
0.6! |
9.4 |
| Bachelor’s degree |
39.9 |
26.0 |
19.3 |
4.2 |
2.5 |
|
6.6 |
4.5 |
0.5! |
1.6 |
8.7 |
| Advanced degree |
48.7 |
33.7 |
23.8 |
6.7 |
3.2 |
|
5.7 |
3.3 |
0.5! |
1.8 |
10.3 |
| Bachelor’s degree major |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Business and management |
25.4 |
16.7 |
14.7 |
1.8 |
0.2! |
|
3.2 |
2.6 |
0.4! |
0.2! |
5.6 |
| Education |
50.3 |
28.9 |
26.3 |
1.5 |
1.1! |
|
8.1 |
6.8 |
0.3! |
1.0 |
13.9 |
| Health |
36.5 |
22.1 |
19.4 |
2.1 |
0.6! |
|
6.5 |
5.2! |
1.1! |
0.3! |
8.0 |
| Arts and humanities |
42.6 |
27.1 |
21.5 |
4.3 |
1.2 |
|
7.1 |
4.2 |
0.4! |
2.5 |
10.1 |
Social and behavioral
sciences |
47.1 |
29.2 |
21.1 |
6.1 |
2.0 |
|
8.2 |
6.4 |
0.3! |
1.6 |
10.5 |
Science, math, and
engineering |
49.9 |
34.3 |
20.1 |
7.7 |
6.6 |
|
6.0 |
3.4 |
0.9! |
1.7 |
10.8 |
| Other |
34.4 |
22.4 |
18.0 |
3.4 |
1.0 |
|
4.2 |
2.5 |
0.8! |
1.0! |
8.6 |
Cumulative undergraduate
GPA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Less than 2.75 |
33.9 |
20.4 |
16.8 |
2.2 |
1.3 |
|
5.6 |
4.1 |
0.6 |
0.9 |
8.6 |
| 2.75–3.74 |
46.4 |
30.6 |
21.3 |
7.1 |
2.3 |
|
6.7 |
4.7 |
0.5! |
1.5 |
9.9 |
| 3.75 or higher |
54.7 |
38.4 |
30.1 |
4.3 |
4.1 |
|
5.0 |
3.5 |
0.4! |
1.1! |
11.8 |
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! Interpret data with caution (estimates are unstable).
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1The attained any advanced degree (column 2) and enrolled in any advanced degree (column 6) in 2003 columns are not mutually exclusive. Graduates who earned an advanced degree (column 2) may be enrolled in 2003 pursuing another advanced degree (column 6).
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2Includes students who earned a master’s or post-master’s certificate.
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3First-professional programs include Chiropractic (D.C. or D.C.M.), Pharmacy (D.Phar), Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.), Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.), Medicine (M.D.), Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.), Optometry (O.D.), Law (L.L.B. or J.D.), Osteopathic Medicine(D.O.), or Theology (M.Div., M.H.L., or B.D.).
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4Fourteen percent of 1992–93 bachelor’s degree recipients expected, at the time they graduated from college, to earn a bachelor’s degree or less as their highest degree, 52 percent expected to earn a master’s degree, 19 percent expected to earn a first-professional degree, and 6 percent expected to earn a doctoral degree. Ten percent had a missing value.
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5Black includes African American, Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian, and Hispanic includes Latino. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin unless specified. Included in the totals but not shown separately are data for American Indian/Alaska Native respondents and those who identified themselves as another race not shown.
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NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
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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), previously unpublished tabulation (September 2005).
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