
| In 2-year institution |
In 4-year institution |
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| Plans and expectations | Public | Private for-profit |
Public | Private not- for-profit |
Private for-profit |
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| Total | 0.87 | 0.19 | 0.82 | 0.68 | 0.17 | |
| Post-high school educational plans | ||||||
| Plan to get postsecondary education | 0.86 | 0.19 | 0.82 | 0.69 | 0.17 | |
| Vocational, technical, or trade school | 4.50 | 3.76 | 1.90 | 1.12 | 1.89 | |
| 2-year community college | 1.24 | 0.45 | 0.84 | 0.51 | 0.55 | |
| 4-year college or university | 0.71 | 0.11 | 0.86 | 0.80 | 0.16 | |
| Don’t plan to continue | 16.07 | † | † | † | † | |
| Don’t know or unspecified plans | 4.76 | 1.43 | 3.99 | 1.21 | † | |
| Highest educational attainment expected in 2004 (when in 12th-grade) | ||||||
| Don’t know | 3.48 | 1.32 | 2.78 | 2.31 | 1.10 | |
| High school diploma or less | 8.41 | † | 6.81 | † | † | |
| Attend or complete 2-year college | 2.33 | 1.68 | 1.11 | 0.82 | 0.85 | |
| Attend or complete 4-year college | 1.26 | 0.22 | 1.19 | 0.84 | 0.29 | |
| Obtain graduate degree | 0.88 | 0.08 | 1.07 | 1.07 | 0.18 | |
| Highest educational attainment expected 2 years later (2006) | ||||||
| Don’t know | 3.29 | 1.32 | 2.68 | 2.05 | 1.03 | |
| Attend or complete 2-year college | 2.37 | 1.39 | 1.68 | 1.00 | 0.93 | |
| Attend or complete 4-year college | 1.33 | 0.26 | 1.25 | 0.90 | 0.27 | |
| Obtain graduate degree | 0.88 | 0.09 | 1.00 | 0.99 | 0.20 | |
| † 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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