Table 7.4. Percentage distribution of the highest postsecondary attainment of 1992 12th-graders who were likely postsecondary participants, by race/ethnicity: 2000
Race/ethnicity
None
Certificate
Associate's degree
Bachelor's degree
Some post-baccalaureate enrollment
Graduate
Total
42.1
4.9
8.1
31.0
8.2
5.7
White, non-Hispanic
37.3
4.9
8.5
33.8
9.0
6.4
Black, non-Hispanic
59.2
5.3
4.9
24.1
4.4
2.1
Hispanic
63.1
5.0
8.2
15.1
6.0
2.5
Asian/Pacific Islander
36.5
4.5
7.6
33.6
9.7
8.1
American Indian/Alaska Native
77.4
1.2
6.1
10.5
3.1
1.7
NOTE: "Likely postsecondary participants" include those for whom transcripts were received, those for whom transcripts were requested but not received, and those for whom other evidence in the NELS files supports the student's report of postsecondary attendance. "Some post-baccalaureate enrollment" includes both incomplete graduate degrees and nondegree post-baccalaureate work. "Graduate" includes master's, first-professional, and doctoral degrees. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88/2000), "Fourth Follow-up," and Postsecondary Education Transcript Study (PETS), 2000.
