Dropout Rates in the United States: 1994

Table 19-Percentage of 1988 eighth graders by postsecondary enrollment status, by high school completion status, spring 1994/*

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                                                            Certified
                                 No post-     Enrolled     or enrolled   
                                secondary    in degree    in certificate     Other  
                                education     program        program       enrollment
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     Total                        37.4          46.4           8.4            7.8

High school completion status
  High school graduate            26.7          55.8           8.8            8.7
  GED/certificate                 67.2          15.9          10.5            6.4 
  Enrolled                        89.4           1.7           5.5            3.5
  Dropout                         93.5           0.5           3.8            2.2
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*/Postsecondary enrollment includes enrollment in degree granting programs, certificate programs, and programs not leading to a certificate or degree.

NOTE: All postsecondary enrollment between Spring 1992 and Spring 1994 were included. For those students who had enrolled in more than one type of program, the highest level of education is indicated.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988, Third Followup Survey, 1994, unpublished data.

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