| Characteristic | Entire 12th grade cohort |
Immediate enrollees in a postsecondary institution |
| Total | † | † |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 0.56 | 0.70 |
| Female | 0.56 | 0.70 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||
| White | 0.97 | 1.01 |
| Black | 0.66 | 0.66 |
| Hispanic | 0.83 | 0.78 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 0.30 | 0.38 |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 0.23 | 0.17 |
| More than one race | 0.25 | 0.32 |
| Socioeconomic status | ||
| Lowest 25 percent | 0.68 | 0.66 |
| Middle 50 percent | 0.67 | 0.83 |
| Highest 25 percent | 0.82 | 1.00 |
| Parent’s highest level of education | ||
| Did not finish high school | 0.38 | 0.32 |
| High school completer or GED | 0.51 | 0.57 |
| Some college | 0.59 | 0.73 |
| Graduated from college | 0.52 | 0.64 |
| Completed master’s or equivalent | 0.41 | 0.52 |
| Completed Ph.D., M.D., or other advanced degree | 0.33 | 0.45 |
| Student’s family’s income from all sources in 2001 | ||
| $20,000 or less | 0.48 | 0.46 |
| $20,001–35,000 | 0.47 | 0.53 |
| $35,001–50,000 | 0.50 | 0.63 |
| $50,001–75,000 | 0.50 | 0.64 |
| $75,001–100,000 | 0.45 | 0.56 |
| More than $100,000 | 0.58 | 0.75 |
| Cumulative GPA for grade 12 | ||
| Nonrespondent and missing | 0.64 | 0.72 |
| 1.50 or below | 0.23 | 0.16 |
| 1.51–2.00 | 0.42 | 0.35 |
| 2.01–2.50 | 0.46 | 0.46 |
| 2.51–3.00 | 0.48 | 0.63 |
| 3.01–3.50 | 0.50 | 0.68 |
| 3.51–4.00 | 0.54 | 0.70 |
| 12th-grade standardized mathematics score | ||
| Lowest 25 percent | 0.71 | 0.61 |
| Lower middle quarter | 0.53 | 0.61 |
| Upper middle quarter | 0.51 | 0.62 |
| Top 25 percent | 0.72 | 0.86 |
| Highest level of mathematics completed in high school | ||
| Nonrespondent | 0.64 | 0.72 |
| Low academic, nonacademic, or no mathematics coursework | 0.33 | 0.22 |
| Algebra I/geometry | 0.66 | 0.53 |
| Algebra II | 0.68 | 0.81 |
| Trigonometry/algebra III | 0.69 | 0.84 |
| Precalculus | 0.57 | 0.77 |
| Calculus | 0.48 | 0.65 |
| Highest level of science completed in high school | ||
| Nonrespondent | 0.64 | 0.72 |
| Low academic or no science | 0.49 | 0.32 |
| General biology | 0.79 | 0.84 |
| Chemistry I or physics I | 0.81 | 0.99 |
| Chemistry I and physics I | 0.73 | 0.94 |
| Chemistry II or physics II or advanced biology | 0.70 | 0.92 |
| Highest level of foreign language study completed in high school | ||
| Nonrespondent | 0.64 | 0.72 |
| No credit | 0.65 | 0.53 |
| Year 1 | 0.53 | 0.53 |
| Year 2 | 0.77 | 1.00 |
| Year 3 | 0.59 | 0.75 |
| Year 4 | 0.44 | 0.62 |
| Advanced placement (AP) | 0.40 | 0.56 |
| Post-high school educational plans | ||
| Plan to get postsecondary education | 0.32 | 0.22 |
| Vocational, technical, or trade school | 0.34 | 0.29 |
| 2-year community college | 0.59 | 0.62 |
| 4-year college or university | 0.75 | 0.73 |
| Don’t plan to continue | 0.12 | 0.05 |
| Don’t know or unspecified plans | 0.27 | 0.19 |
| Early high school graduation, already attending postsecondary school | 0.07 | 0.03 |
| Missing | 0.05 | 0.03 |
| Highest educational attainment expected when in 12th-grade (2004) | ||
| Don’t know | 0.34 | 0.28 |
| High school diploma or less | 0.25 | 0.11 |
| Attend or complete 2-year college | 0.47 | 0.44 |
| Attend or complete 4-year college | 0.52 | 0.68 |
| Obtain graduate degree | 0.63 | 0.74 |
| Highest educational attainment expected 2 years later (2006) | ||
| Don’t know | 0.31 | 0.32 |
| High school diploma or less | 0.29 | † |
| Attend or complete 2-year college | 0.42 | 0.40 |
| Attend or complete 4-year college | 0.54 | 0.69 |
| Obtain graduate degree | 0.70 | 0.79 |
| † Not applicable. |
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| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002), “Second Follow-up, 2006.” |
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