Table 6. Percentage distribution of academic year 2003–2004 high school graduates, by current educational expectation and select student characteristics: 2006

Education Longitudinal
Study of 2002 (ELS:2002)

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Characteristic	Graduate from high school		Attend or complete a 1- or 2-year program		Attend a 4-year post- secondary institution, but not finish		Obtain a bachelor's degree	Obtain a master's degree or equivalent		Obtain a Ph.D., M.D., or equivalent		Don't know
Total	4.5		14.1		2.3		33.1	26.1		12.5		7.4

Sex
Female	3.4		13.2		2.4		31.2	28.7		14.1		7.1
Male	5.7		14.9		2.2		35.2	23.3		10.9		7.7

Race/ethnicity¹
American Indian or Alaska Native	7.5	!	15.7	!	4.3	!	41.7	9.7	!	7.7	!	13.4	!
Asian or Pacific Islander	1.4		8.2		2.6		30.5	30.8		20.4		6.0
Black or African American	5.4		15.4		3.8		31.9	24.6		13.1		5.9
Hispanic or Latino	4.8		16.5		2.7		34.7	21.7		10.3		9.2
White	4.5		13.7		2.0		33.0	27.3		12.4		7.2
Two or more races	4.0		14.0		1.0	!	34.4	24.8		13.1		8.7

Family income
$0–20,000	7.7		19.5		3.2		33.7	19.2		8.3		8.4
$20,001–50,000	6.3		17.9		3.0		34.1	20.1		9.9		8.7
$50,001–100,000	2.9		11.9		1.8		33.3	29.9		13.4		6.7
$100,001 or more	1.0	!	4.9		1.0		29.9	37.8		20.8		4.6

Parental education²
High school or less	8.7		20.3		3.3		32.7	17.1		7.6		10.2
Some college	4.8		17.6		2.4		35.2	23.2		8.2		8.5
Bachelor's degree	2.1		8.9		2.1		35.9	31.1		14.5		5.3
Graduate/professional degree	1.4		5.4		0.9		26.2	37.4		24.9		3.9

Native language³
English	4.6		14.0		2.3		33.2	26.5		12.2		7.2
Non-English	4.1		14.6		2.4		32.6	23.1		14.7		8.4

High school sector
Public	4.8		14.8		2.4		33.2	25.3		11.9		7.6
Catholic	0.5	!	5.7		0.9		34.0	36.3		18.7		3.9
Other private	1.6	!	5.9		1.2	!	30.2	33.1		21.8		6.1

Educational expectation in 10th grade
High school or less	32.4		24.6		1.7	!	16.0	5.6		2.3	!	17.3
Some college	9.1		35.5		4.5		28.8	6.8		1.6		13.7
Bachelor's degree	1.4		10.9		2.4		49.1	25.7		4.9		5.6
Graduate/professional degree	0.8		3.8		1.2		22.6	40.9		27.8		3.0
Don't know	10.6		23.3		2.7		30.4	11.4		3.9		17.7

Highest math course taken in high school
No math	26.2		20.5		5.8	!	14.4	8.5	!	4.1	!	20.5	!
Basic math/pre-algebra	21.1		27.3		4.9		23.4	6.3		2.3	!	14.8
Algebra I, geometry, or algebra II	6.2		20.9		3.1		34.9	18.7		6.5		9.8
Trigonometry, statistics, pre-calculus	1.8		8.8		1.5		35.9	32.5		14.7		4.9
Calculus	0.2	!	2.2		0.6	!	24.0	39.3		30.1		3.6
No transcript collected	3.8	!	12.6		3.0		34.2	28.4		12.2		5.7
! 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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