Percentage of 1992–93 bachelor’s degree recipients’ advanced degree attainment and enrollment status in 2003, by type of institution and student characteristics

Student Effort and Educational Progress: Standard Error Tables

Advanced Degree Completion Among Bachelor's Degree Recipients

Table S32-1. Percentage of 1992–93 bachelor’s degree recipients’ advanced degree attainment and enrollment status in 2003, by type of institution and student characteristics

		Attained by 2003				Enrolled in 2003
Type of institution and student characteristic	Enrolled between 1993 and 2003	Any advanced degree	Master’s	First- profes sional	Doctoral	Any advanced degree	Master’s	First- profes sional	Doctoral	Did not complete, not enrolled in 2003

Total	0.79	0.65	0.64	0.25	0.18	0.39	0.32	0.11	0.14	0.44
Type of undergraduate institution
Public 4-year	1.43	1.46	1.38	0.40	0.21	0.76	0.72	0.15	0.20	0.81
Non-doctorate-granting	1.22	0.84	0.82	0.28	0.40	0.59	0.44	0.23	0.23	0.76
Doctorate-granting
Private not-for-profit 4-year Non-doctorate-granting	2.18	1.57	1.11	0.61	0.35	0.88	0.77	0.09	0.30	0.85
Doctorate-granting	2.28	2.30	1.95	1.18	0.43	1.04	0.96	0.12	0.50	1.10
Other	5.95	5.51	5.58	1.31	0.64	1.68	1.74	0.45	0.38	1.55
Educational expectations at bachelor’s completion
Bachelor’s degree	1.29	1.08	1.06	0.41	0.13	0.87	0.69	0.44	0.30	0.57
Master’s degree	0.92	0.89	0.89	0.15	0.11	0.56	0.43	0.11	0.19	0.51
First-professional degree	3.73	3.08	2.01	2.67	1.56	1.54	0.92	0.94	0.41	2.00
Doctoral degree	1.72	1.55	1.36	0.77	0.72	0.83	0.75	0.15	0.50	1.05
Sex
Male	0.97	0.91	0.70	0.48	0.36	0.51	0.40	0.20	0.20	0.56
Female	1.20	1.05	0.95	0.29	0.21	0.53	0.43	0.11	0.21	0.60
Race/ethnicity
White	0.78	0.72	0.69	0.26	0.17	0.42	0.33	0.12	0.17	0.45
Black	3.04	2.20	2.43	0.72	1.22	2.24	1.38	0.87	1.15	1.91
Hispanic	3.93	3.29	2.86	1.24	1.10	2.53	2.47	0.29	0.41	1.66
Asian/Pacific Islander	4.58	3.86	2.67	2.15	0.81	1.62	1.51	0.54	0.49	2.24
Parents’ highest level of education
High school diploma or less	1.44	1.07	0.96	0.41	0.23	0.63	0.60	0.16	0.15	0.69
Some college	1.73	1.51	1.42	0.68	0.36	0.98	0.74	0.35	0.29	1.10
Bachelor’s degree	1.40	1.28	1.18	0.68	0.45	0.88	0.78	0.19	0.35	0.81
Advanced degree	1.33	1.49	1.34	0.56	0.50	0.60	0.44	0.26	0.36	0.80
Bachelor’s degree major
Business and management	1.57	1.48	1.38	0.46	0.13	0.51	0.45	0.18	0.15	0.92
Education	1.66	1.84	1.77	0.36	0.46	0.73	0.71	0.14	0.27	1.18
Health	2.61	1.99	2.10	0.53	0.33	1.86	1.74	0.79	0.20	1.37
Arts and humanities	2.44	1.98	1.86	0.71	0.36	0.91	0.82	0.18	0.61	1.33
Social and behavioral sciences	2.04	1.48	1.52	0.74	0.47	1.15	1.07	0.13	0.45	0.93
Science, math, and engineering	1.65	1.69	1.42	0.78	0.83	0.79	0.54	0.42	0.45	1.08
Other	1.61	1.37	1.37	0.70	0.25	0.73	0.41	0.41	0.37	1.06
Cumulative undergraduate GPA
Less than 2.75	0.90	0.86	0.77	0.26	0.22	0.46	0.37	0.17	0.18	0.52
2.75–3.74	1.28	1.08	1.06	0.65	0.32	0.78	0.69	0.19	0.27	0.69
3.75 or higher	2.36	2.16	2.16	0.61	0.86	0.98	0.90	0.20	0.45	1.36

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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