Special Analysis 2008

Part A. Students Who Enroll in Community Colleges Immediately After High School

Table S-3. Standard errors for table 3: Percentage distribution of 2004 and 1992 seniors who enrolled immediately after high school in a community college, by their educational plans and expectations as seniors and 2 years later

			Highest educational attainment expected when asked 2 years later
Plans and expectations	Total	All	Don’t know	Attend or complete 2-year college	Attend or complete 4-year college	Obtain graduate degree

2004 immediate community college enrollees
Highest educational attainment expected when in 12th-grade (2004)	†
Don’t know	0.67	†	3.78	3.90	4.37	3.63
High school diploma or less	0.30	†	8.16	10.33	10.39	6.23
Attend or complete 2-year college	1.09	†	2.08	2.93	2.98	1.54
Attend or complete 4-year college	1.34	†	0.94	1.24	1.93	1.80
Obtain graduate degree	1.17	†	1.07	1.30	2.44	2.43
1992 immediate community college enrollees
Highest educational attainment expected when in 12th-grade (1992)	†
Don’t know	0.59	†	†	5.11	6.36	5.58
High school diploma or less	0.30	†	†	14.81	14.49	14.88
Attend or complete 2-year college	0.83	†	0.99	4.20	3.92	2.27
Attend or complete 4-year college	1.86	†	0.52	1.48	2.14	2.27
Obtain graduate degree	1.84	†	†	2.66	4.69	3.98

† Not applicable.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88/92), “Second Follow-up, 1992.”

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