Table 8. Percentage distribution of 2003–2004 high school seniors enrolled in a postsecondary institution in 2006, by declaration of major and selected student and family characteristics: 2006

Education Longitudinal
Study of 2002 (ELS:2002)

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Characteristic	Declared major	Declared double major	Major not yet declared	Not in a degree program
Total	70.8	4.6	21.5	3.1

Sex
Female	72.1	5.3	19.2	3.4
Male	68.9	3.9	24.4	2.8

Race/ethnicity¹
White, non-Hispanic	71.5	5.2	20.1	3.1
Black, non-Hispanic	73.9	2.7	20.1	3.3
Hispanic	65.9	2.6	28.6	3.0
Asian, non-Hispanic	67.7	5.5	24.4	2.4
All other races, non-Hispanic	65.9	5.5	24.7	4.0	!

Family socio-economic status
Lowest quartile	69.0	2.2	24.5	4.3
Second quartile	68.6	2.7	24.6	4.1
Third quartile	71.8	4.3	20.6	3.3
Highest quartile	71.6	7.0	19.3	2.0

Native language²
English	70.8	4.9	21.1	3.3
Non-English	69.8	3.2	24.9	2.1

! Interpret data with caution. Estimate is unstable because the coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 30 percent or greater (i.e., the standard error represents 30 percent or more of the estimate).
¹ Black, non-Hispanic includes African American. Hispanic includes Latino. All other races, non-Hispanic includes American Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and Two or more races..
² The first language the student learned to speak.
NOTE: Totals are weighted by F2QWT and other estimates are weighted by F2F1WT. The flag variable G12COHRT was used to produce data that are based on 2003-2004 high school seniors interviewed in both 2004 and 2006. Details may not sum to 100 percent due to 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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