Table 3. Percentage distribution of academic year 2003–2004 high school graduates, by the institutional sector of postsecondary education first attended and select student characteristics: 2006

Education Longitudinal
Study of 2002 (ELS:2002)

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Characteristic	4-year public postsecondary institution		4-year private postsecondary institution		2-year postsecondary institution	Less than 2-year postsecondary institution		No postsecondary institution
Total	32.3		15.8		29.7	2.0		20.3

Sex
Female	33.6		16.8		30.2	2.3		17.1
Male	30.9		14.6		29.1	1.7		23.7

Race/ethnicity¹
American Indian or Alaska Native	23.2		11.3	!	32.3	2.8	!	30.4
Asian or Pacific Islander	43.8		17.0		27.7	0.9	!	10.7
Black or African American	30.8		12.7		29.6	3.1		23.8
Hispanic or Latino	20.5		8.8		39.6	3.4		27.7
White	34.6		17.7		28.1	1.5		18.1
Two or more races	30.9		18.7		22.1	2.4	!	26.0

Family income
$0–20,000	19.0		9.0		33.5	3.6		34.9
$20,001–50,000	26.2		11.7		33.1	2.7		26.3
$50,001–100,000	37.3		17.5		28.9	1.3		15.0
$100,001 or more	46.9		27.4		19.3	0.7	!	5.7

Parental education²
High school or less	21.2		7.1		34.1	3.1		34.4
Some college	28.3		12.6		34.6	2.2		22.3
Bachelor's degree	41.3		19.1		26.2	1.4		12.0
Graduate/professional degree	43.2		29.2		18.9	0.9		7.8

Native language³
English	33.0		16.7		28.3	1.9		20.0
Non-English	27.3		9.3		38.6	2.8		22.0

High school sector
Public	31.7		13.9		30.7	2.1		21.6
Catholic	44.2		33.8		17.0	1.0	!	3.9
Other private	31.4		40.4		19.4	0.8	!	8.0

Educational expectation in 10th grade
High school or less	3.8	!	0.2	!	16.4	4.8		74.8
Some college	5.3		4.6		43.6	5.2		41.3
Bachelor's degree	37.9		16.0		32.8	1.3		12.0
Graduate/professional degree	47.2		24.7		20.7	0.6		6.8
Don't know	11.1		5.7		34.4	2.9		45.9

Highest math course taken in high school
No math	#		8.5	!	21.7	5.2	!	64.6
Basic math/pre-algebra	4.4		2.4	!	32.1	4.3		56.8
Algebra I, geometry, or algebra II	18.5		8.2		40.4	2.9		29.9
Trigonometry, statistics, pre-calculus	45.3		19.5		25.0	0.9		9.3
Calculus	53.1		34.5		9.3	0.2	!	2.8
No transcript collected	31.1		16.5		25.3	3.7		23.4
# Rounds to zero.
! Interpret data with caution. Estimate is unstable because the standard error represents more than 30 percent of the estimate.
¹ All race categories exclude Hispanic or Latino origin, unless specified. Asian or Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian.
² Parental education is the highest level of education attained by the student’s mother and father (including guardians); or, if the student had only one parent, the educational attainment of that parent (or guardian).
³ The first language students learned to speak.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals 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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