Special Analysis 2008

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

Table SA-21. Percentage distribution of the spring 2004 12th-grade cohort, by immediate and delayed postsecondary enrollment status, control and type of institution, and educational plans and expectations: 2004 and 2006

		Immediate enrollment in a postsecondary institution							Delayed enrollment
				2-year institution		4-year institution
Plans and expectations	No post- secondary education through 2006	Total	Less-than- 2-year institution	All¹	Public	All	Public	Private	Total	In 2-year institution in 2006	In 4-year institution in 2006

Total	23.0	63.1	0.9	19.9	18.8	42.3	28.4	13.9	13.7	8.0	4.3
Post-high school educational plans
Plan to get postsecondary education	19.1	67.0	0.8	20.7	19.5	45.5	30.5	15.0	13.8	7.9!	4.4
Vocational, technical, or trade school	49.2	28.6	4.4	19.0	12.9	5.2	2.1	3.1	21.8	14.2	3.8
2-year community college	33.5	48.0	1.1	41.7	40.7	5.2	3.1	2.1	18.4	14.1	2.0
4-year college or university	10.0	78.7	0.3	13.3	12.7	65.1	44.0	21.2	11.0	5.1	5.3
Don’t plan to continue	83.3	6.4!	#	5.9!	4.9!	‡	#	‡	10.1	7.9!	‡
Don’t know or unspecified plans	67.2	18.4	1.4!	12.7	12.1	4.4	3.6	0.8!	14.2	8.1	3.8
Highest educational attainment expected when in 12th-grade (2004)
Don’t know	50.5	33.3	0.7!	20.2	18.9	12.3	8.2	4.2	16.2	10.9	2.8
High school diploma or less	79.0	9.0	1.5!	6.2	5.7	‡	‡	#	11.9	7.2	2.8!
Attend or complete 2-year college	45.8	37.4	2.7	29.6	26.0	5.1	2.4	2.7	16.5	11.7	1.8
Attend or complete 4-year college	15.5	69.3	0.6	23.4	22.4	45.3	31.9	13.4	15.1	8.6	5.4
Obtain graduate degree	7.3	81.8	0.3!	14.1	13.8	67.4	44.0	23.3	10.8	5.4	4.7
Highest educational attainment expected 2 years later (2006)
Don’t know	36.1	44.4	1.9	24.7	#	17.8	10.5	7.2	19.4	12.1	3.5
Attend or complete 2-year college	42.2	38.0	2.2	26.9	24.0	9.0	5.8	3.2	19.4	13.3	2.9
Attend or complete 4-year college	19.1	66.0	0.8	23.7	22.5	41.6	30.0	11.6	14.7	9.0	4.8
Obtain graduate degree	5.4	83.2	0.3!	15.7	15.3	67.2	43.5	23.7	11.2	5.4	5.1

# Rounds to zero.
! Interpret data with caution (estimates are unstable).
‡ Reporting standards not met (sample size too small or standard error greater than estimate).
¹ Total includes private 2-year institutions that are not shown separately.
NOTE: Data include a few cases of students who enrolled immediately in a postsecondary institution for which the control of the institution was unknown. These cases are included in the “Total” column for immediate enrollment and the “All” columns for type of institution, but they are not included in the distributions showing control of institution. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding or because some subcategories are not shown.
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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