Table E-34-2.  Percentage of academic year 2004 high school graduates, by the level of postsecondary institution first attended, sex, and race/ethnicity: 2006

Sex and race/ethnicity	4-year institution		2-year institution		Less-than 2-year institution		Nonenrollee or still enrolled in high school
Total	48.1		29.7		2.0		20.3
Sex
Male	45.6		29.1		1.7		23.7
Female	50.4		30.2		2.3		17.1
Race/ethnicity
White	52.3		28.1		1.5		18.1
Black	43.5		29.6		3.1		23.8
Hispanic	29.3		39.6		3.4		27.7
Asian	61.4		27.8		0.8	!	10.0
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	45.6		24.8	!	‡		26.8	!
American Indian/Alaska Native	34.5		32.3		‡		30.4
Two or more races	49.5		22.1		2.4	!	26.0
Race/ethnicity by sex
Male
White	49.5		27.6		1.2		21.7
Black	43.1		27.9		2.6		26.4
Hispanic	26.5		38.2		3.2		32.1
Asian	57.3		30.0		‡		12.1
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	‡		‡		‡		‡
American Indian/Alaska Native	25.2	!	33.6	!	‡		37.5	!
Two or more races	45.6		24.7		‡		27.6
Female
White	55.0		28.5		1.8		14.6
Black	43.9		31.0		3.6		21.5
Hispanic	31.7		40.7		3.6		24.0
Asian	65.8		25.4		1.0	!	7.8
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	‡		‡		‡		‡
American Indian/Alaska Native	43.5		31.1		‡		23.6	!
Two or more races	53.3		19.5		2.8	!	24.3

! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 30 percent or greater.

‡ Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater.

NOTE: Estimates were weighted by F2F1WT. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002), "Second Follow-up, 2006."