Table E-34-3. Percentage of academic year 2004 high school graduates, by the selectivity of the first postsecondary institution attended, sex, and race/ethnicity: 2006

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Table E-34-3. Percentage of academic year 2004 high school graduates, by the selectivity of the first postsecondary institution attended, sex, and race/ethnicity: 2006

Sex and race/ethnicity	4-year institution									Less-than 4-year institution		Nonenrollee or still enrolled in high school
Sex and race/ethnicity	Moderately or highly selective		Highly selective	Moderately selective		Inclusive		Unknown selectivity		Less-than 4-year institution		Nonenrollee or still enrolled in high school
Total	38.3		15.8	22.5		5.8		4.0		31.7		20.2
Sex
Male	35.6		15.2	20.4		5.6		4.4		30.7		23.7
Female	40.9		16.4	24.4		5.9		3.6		32.6		17.1

Race/ethnicity
White	45.2		19.0	26.1		3.7		3.4		29.6		18.1
Black	23.4		5.7	17.7		16.6		3.5		32.7		23.8
Hispanic	17.9		6.4	11.5		5.1		6.4		43.0		27.6
Asian	53.0		33.3	19.7		4.8		3.6		28.6		10.0
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	37.1		‡	27.4		‡		#		27.6		26.8	!
American Indian/Alaska Native	25.5		‡	18.0		‡		‡		35.1		30.4
Two or more races	36.5		13.8	22.7		7.3		5.7		24.5		26.0

Race/ethnicity by sex
Male
White	41.6		18.0	23.6		4.0		3.8		28.8		21.7
Black	22.6		5.8	16.8		16.8		3.7		30.4		26.4
Hispanic	14.7		5.9	8.8		4.1		7.9		41.3		31.9
Asian	49.1		29.4	19.7		3.9		4.3		30.6		12.1
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	41.9		‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
American Indian/Alaska Native	20.6	!	‡	16.6	!	‡		‡		37.3	!	37.5	!
Two or more races	37.1		16.1	21.0		4.4	!	4.1	!	26.7		27.6

Female
White	48.5		20.0	28.6		3.5		3.0		30.3		14.6
Black	24.2		5.7	18.5		16.4		3.2		34.7		21.4
Hispanic	20.6		6.8	13.7		5.9		5.2		44.5		23.9
Asian	57.2		37.5	19.7		5.7		3.0		26.4		7.8
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	28.4	!	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
American Indian/Alaska Native	30.3	!	‡	19.3	!	‡		‡		32.9		23.6	!
Two or more races	35.9		11.5	24.4		10.1		7.4	!	22.3		24.3

# Rounds to zero.

! 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. The selectivity of institutions is defined according to the definition used in NCES’s Integrated of Postsecondary Education Data System, which is based on the 2005 Carnegie Classification of Institutions. The "inclusive," "moderately selective," and "highly selective" categories correspond to 25th percentile ACT-equivalent scores of students who were accepted to the institution. The score ranges for the categories are less than 18, between 18 and 21, and greater than 21 points, respectively. 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."

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