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Table 8. Percentage of 2002 high school sophomores who were enrolled in a 4-year college or university at the time of the 2006 follow-up, by race/ethnicity and sector of high school

  Race/ethnicity1
  Total White Black or
African American
Hispanic Asian,
Hawaii/Pacific Islander
American
Indian/Alaska Native
More than one race
All Sectors 43.0 49.4 35.9 24.8 57.5 27.6 42.4
               
Public 40.5 46.5 35.0 23.2 56.0 27.9 40.3
Catholic 76.2 80.2 71.7 61.6 75.6 100.0 65.7
Other Private 69.0 70.9 62.7 54.8 71.5 # 64.0
# Rounds to zero.
1 All race categories exclude Hispanic or Latino origin, unless specified.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS: 2002), "First Follow-up, 2004", and “Second Follow-up, 2006.”