Indicator 18: Educational Aspirations

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Table 18. Percentage of 10th-graders who expected to attain various levels of education, by sex and race/ethnicity: 1980, 1990, and 2002
	High school diploma or equivalent or less			Some college, including vocational/technical			Bachelor's degree			Graduate/professional degree
Sex and race/ethnicity	1980	1990	2002	1980	1990	2002	1980	1990	2002	1980	1990	2002
Total	26.5	10.2	9.2	32.9	30.3	11.5	22.7	32.1	39.7	17.9	27.4	39.7
Sex
Male	28.0	11.0	12.5	31.7	32.3	13.2	22.4	32.9	41.5	18.0	23.8	32.8
Female	23.4	9.4	5.8	34.2	28.3	9.7	23.8	31.4	37.8	18.7	30.9	46.6
Race/ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic	25.9	9.4	8.0	33.1	29.5	10.9	23.4	33.9	39.6	17.7	27.3	41.4
Black, non-Hispanic	26.3	11.1	10.5	32.7	30.2	12.6	21.8	28.2	40.8	19.2	30.5	36.1
Hispanic	33.7	14.3	13.5	33.7	38.5	13.9	17.0	25.5	40.2	15.6	21.7	32.4
Asian/Pacific Islander	11.7	8.2	4.9	21.5	21.7	8.2	32.4	31.4	37.2	34.3	38.7	49.7
American Indian/ Alaska Native	35.7	18.8	12.1	32.9	43.0	12.0	17.2	21.8	36.1	14.2	16.5	39.8
More than one race	—	—	9.0	—	—	9.5	—	—	38.2	—	—	43.3
— Not available.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: Rasinski, K.A., Ingels, S.J., Rock, D.A., Pollack, J.M., and Wu, S-C. (1993). America's High School Sophomores: A Ten Year Comparison (NCES 93–087), table 6.1 (1980 and 1990 data) and previously unpublished tabulation (2002 data). Data from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, High School and Beyond Longitudinal Study of 1980 Sophomores (HS&B-So:80); National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88/90), 'First Follow-up, 1990;' and Education Longitudinal Study of 2002, Base Year (ELS:2002).

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