 List of Tables | Download (SE) Excel  (35 KB) |
Download Excel (36 KB) |
Table E-40-1. Percentage of beginning postsecondary students attending 2- or 4-year institutions who reported participation in various academic activities sometimes or often during their first year, by recent high school graduate status, activity, sex, and race/ethnicity: 2003-04
| Sex and race/ethnicity | Recent high school graduates1 | Other beginning postsecondary students2 | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Had informal contact with faculty | Talked with faculty about academic matters outside of class | Met with an advisor | Attended study groups | Had informal contact with faculty | Talked with faculty about academic matters outside of class | Met with an advisor | Attended study groups | ||||||||||
| Total3 | 41.4 | 79.1 | 75.0 | 58.6 | 27.6 | 62.6 | 56.7 | 39.2 | |||||||||
| Sex | |||||||||||||||||
| Male | 41.8 | 77.2 | 72.1 | 54.7 | 30.3 | 63.5 | 57.4 | 41.3 | |||||||||
| Female | 41.0 | 80.7 | 77.4 | 61.8 | 25.6 | 62.0 | 56.1 | 37.6 | |||||||||
| Race/ethnicity | |||||||||||||||||
| White | 41.2 | 80.0 | 76.4 | 59.1 | 25.4 | 62.7 | 59.2 | 37.0 | |||||||||
| Black | 45.6 | 79.6 | 75.9 | 57.0 | 31.1 | 65.3 | 57.0 | 47.2 | |||||||||
| Hispanic | 36.1 | 73.4 | 66.1 | 52.2 | 29.2 | 57.3 | 46.7 | 38.0 | |||||||||
| Asian | 45.2 | 81.5 | 76.7 | 66.1 | 36.5 | 69.3 | 60.4 | 48.5 | |||||||||
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 64.9 | 93.4 | 71.4 | 80.8 | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | |||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 52.1 | 86.9 | 70.0 | 49.4 | 20.1 | ! | 57.4 | 48.2 | ! | 31.6 | ! | ||||||
| Two or more races | 38.9 | 76.0 | 71.5 | 61.8 | 28.9 | ! | 72.2 | 67.9 | 39.5 | ||||||||
| Race/ethnicity by sex | |||||||||||||||||
| Male | |||||||||||||||||
| White | 42.1 | 77.4 | 73.3 | 54.4 | 28.9 | 63.0 | 61.2 | 40.8 | |||||||||
| Black | 45.7 | 77.6 | 74.3 | 55.0 | 29.6 | 65.5 | 53.3 | 44.6 | |||||||||
| Hispanic | 35.3 | 72.8 | 62.7 | 49.2 | 35.6 | 60.7 | 44.7 | 40.8 | |||||||||
| Asian | 45.3 | 83.5 | 74.2 | 64.1 | 36.6 | 65.9 | 59.8 | 48.5 | |||||||||
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | |||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | |||||||||
| Two or more races | 35.8 | 76.5 | 68.3 | 60.1 | 33.3 | ! | 77.9 | 75.3 | 34.5 | ! | |||||||
| Female | |||||||||||||||||
| White | 40.5 | 82.2 | 79.1 | 63.1 | 22.8 | 62.4 | 57.8 | 34.3 | |||||||||
| Black | 45.5 | 81.1 | 77.1 | 58.4 | 31.9 | 65.2 | 59.2 | 48.7 | |||||||||
| Hispanic | 36.7 | 73.8 | 68.7 | 54.5 | 25.1 | 55.0 | 47.9 | 36.2 | |||||||||
| Asian | 45.0 | 79.5 | 79.3 | 68.1 | 36.3 | 72.5 | 60.9 | 48.6 | |||||||||
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | |||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 54.5 | 93.0 | 72.2 | 52.3 | ‡ | 72.6 | 52.1 | ! | 34.1 | ! | |||||||
| Two or more races | 40.9 | 75.7 | 73.6 | 63.0 | 23.2 | ! | 64.8 | 58.1 | 46.1 | ||||||||
| ! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 30 percent or greater. | |||||||||||||||||
| ‡ Reporting standards not met. There are either too few cases or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater. | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 Recent high school graduates refers to students who graduated from high school in 2003 or 2004. | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 Estimates include students who graduated prior to 2003 as well as those who did not receive a high school degree or certificate and those who were homeschooled. | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 Total includes other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately in the table. | |||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Data in this indicator are for students who enrolled at 2- or 4-year institutions any time between July 1, 2003, and June 30, 2004. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Data weighted by WTA000. | |||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2003-04 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study, First Follow-up (BPS:04/06). |
