Table A-21-2. Percentage of high school completers who were enrolled in 2- or 4-year colleges the October immediately following high school completion, by parents’ education: 1992–2007
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Gap between Bachelor’s degree
or higher and |
| Year |
High school or less |
Some college, including
vocational/
technical |
Bachelor’s degree
or higher |
Not available1 |
High school or less |
Some college, including
vocational/
technical |
| 1992 |
50.1 |
67.5 |
81.3 |
38.0 |
31.2 |
13.8 |
| 1993 |
51.3 |
62.7 |
87.9 |
42.0 |
36.6 |
25.2 |
| 1994 |
48.1 |
65.0 |
82.5 |
43.1 |
34.4 |
17.6 |
| 1995 |
41.9 |
70.2 |
87.7 |
30.8 |
45.8 |
17.5 |
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| 1996 |
53.8 |
66.6 |
85.2 |
45.6 |
31.3 |
18.5 |
| 1997 |
59.3 |
62.6 |
86.1 |
51.3 |
26.8 |
23.5 |
| 1998 |
55.7 |
67.7 |
82.3 |
50.1 |
26.6 |
14.6 |
| 1999 |
49.8 |
60.3 |
82.2 |
53.1 |
32.4 |
21.9 |
| 2000 |
50.1 |
63.8 |
81.2 |
50.5 |
31.1 |
17.4 |
| 2001 |
48.9 |
62.0 |
81.3 |
41.9 |
32.4 |
19.2 |
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| 2002 |
49.7 |
65.9 |
82.6 |
58.7 |
32.8 |
16.7 |
| 2003 |
51.6 |
62.9 |
82.1 |
48.8 |
30.5 |
19.2 |
| 2004 |
50.8 |
67.0 |
85.9 |
53.6 |
35.0 |
18.9 |
| 2005 |
57.6 |
65.6 |
88.8 |
54.8 |
31.2 |
23.2 |
| 2006 |
53.2 |
67.00 |
78.2 |
54.6 |
25.0 |
11.3 |
| 2007 |
50.9 |
65.2 |
85.8 |
55.3 |
34.9 |
20.6 |
| 1 Information on parents’ education was not available for the following three groups of students: (1) those who did not live with their parents and were classified as a householder or the spouse of a householder; (2) those who did not live with their parents and who were not classified as a householder or the spouse of a householder yet educational attainment was not reported for the householder or spouse of the householder; and (3) those who lived with parents whose educational attainment was not reported (about 7–14 percent of high school completers ages 16–24 were in this category for the period covered). |
| NOTE: Includes high school completers ages 16–24, who accounted for about 98 percent of all high school completers in each year. High school completers refers to those who have received a high school diploma or equivalency certificate. Parents’ education refers to the highest education of the parent(s). If no parent resided with the student and the student was the householder or spouse of the householder, then the value of parents’ education is set to missing. For more information on the CPS, educational attainment, and parents’ education, see supplemental note 2. |
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), October Supplement, 1992–2007. |
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