Table A-21-4. Percentage of high school completers who were enrolled in 2- or 4-year colleges the October immediately following high school completion, by sex and type of institution: 1972–2007
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| |
Male |
|
Female |
| Year |
Total |
2-year1 |
4-year1 |
|
Total |
2-year1 |
4-year1 |
| 1972 |
52.7 |
— |
— |
|
46.0 |
— |
— |
| 1973 |
50.0 |
14.6 |
35.4 |
|
43.4 |
15.2 |
28.2 |
| 1974 |
49.4 |
16.6 |
32.8 |
|
45.9 |
13.9 |
32.0 |
| 1975 |
52.6 |
19.0 |
33.6 |
|
49.0 |
17.4 |
31.6 |
| 1976 |
47.2 |
14.5 |
32.7 |
|
50.3 |
16.6 |
33.8 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1977 |
52.1 |
17.2 |
35.0 |
|
49.3 |
17.8 |
31.5 |
| 1978 |
51.1 |
15.6 |
35.5 |
|
49.3 |
18.3 |
31.0 |
| 1979 |
50.4 |
16.9 |
33.5 |
|
48.4 |
18.1 |
30.3 |
| 1980 |
46.7 |
17.1 |
29.7 |
|
51.8 |
21.6 |
30.2 |
| 1981 |
54.8 |
20.9 |
33.9 |
|
53.1 |
20.1 |
33.0 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1982 |
49.1 |
17.5 |
31.6 |
|
52.0 |
20.6 |
31.4 |
| 1983 |
51.9 |
20.2 |
31.7 |
|
53.4 |
18.4 |
35.1 |
| 1984 |
56.0 |
17.7 |
38.4 |
|
54.5 |
21.0 |
33.5 |
| 1985 |
58.6 |
19.9 |
38.8 |
|
56.8 |
19.3 |
37.5 |
| 1986 |
55.8 |
21.3 |
34.5 |
|
51.9 |
17.3 |
34.6 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1987 |
58.3 |
17.3 |
41.0 |
|
55.3 |
20.3 |
35.0 |
| 1988 |
57.1 |
21.3 |
35.8 |
|
60.7 |
22.4 |
38.3 |
| 1989 |
57.6 |
18.3 |
39.3 |
|
61.6 |
23.1 |
38.5 |
| 1990 |
58.0 |
19.6 |
38.4 |
|
62.2 |
20.6 |
41.6 |
| 1991 |
57.9 |
22.9 |
35.0 |
|
67.1 |
26.8 |
40.3 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1992 |
60.0 |
22.1 |
37.8 |
|
63.8 |
23.9 |
40.0 |
| 1993 |
59.9 |
22.9 |
37.0 |
|
65.2 |
22.8 |
42.4 |
| 1994 |
60.6 |
23.0 |
37.5 |
|
63.2 |
19.1 |
44.1 |
| 1995 |
62.6 |
25.3 |
37.4 |
|
61.3 |
18.1 |
43.2 |
| 1996 |
60.1 |
21.5 |
38.5 |
|
69.7 |
24.6 |
45.1 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1997 |
63.6 |
21.4 |
42.2 |
|
70.3 |
24.1 |
46.2 |
| 1998 |
62.4 |
24.4 |
38.0 |
|
69.1 |
24.3 |
44.8 |
| 1999 |
61.4 |
21.0 |
40.5 |
|
64.4 |
21.1 |
43.3 |
| 2000 |
59.9 |
23.1 |
36.8 |
|
66.2 |
20.0 |
46.2 |
| 2001 |
59.7 |
18.6 |
41.1 |
|
63.6 |
20.7 |
42.9 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 2002 |
62.1 |
20.5 |
41.7 |
|
68.3 |
23.0 |
45.3 |
| 2003 |
61.2 |
21.9 |
39.3 |
|
66.5 |
21.0 |
45.5 |
| 2004 |
61.4 |
21.8 |
39.6 |
|
71.5 |
23.1 |
48.5 |
| 2005 |
66.5 |
24.7 |
41.8 |
|
70.4 |
23.4 |
47.0 |
| 2006 |
65.8 |
24.9 |
40.9 |
|
66.1 |
24.5 |
41.7 |
| 2007 |
66.1 |
22.7 |
43.4 |
|
68.3 |
25.5 |
42.8 |
| —Not available (data on type of institution were not collected until 1973). |
| 1 From 1973 through 1986, due to a skip pattern in the Current Population Survey (CPS), about 3–9 percent of high school completers ages 16–24 who enrolled in college immediately were not asked the question about the type of institutions attended. Such respondents were assumed to have had the same probability of enrolling at a 2- or 4-year institution as those who were asked the question. |
| NOTE: Includes high school completers ages 16–24, who accounted for about 98 percent of all high school completers in each year. For more information on the CPS and educational attainment, see supplemental note 2. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. |
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), October Supplement, 1972–2007. |
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