College enrollment and enrollment rates of recent high school completers, by sex: 1960 to 2003

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Table 183.

College enrollment and enrollment rates of recent high school completers, by sex: 1960 to 2003
[Numbers in thousands]

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      |Number of high school completers\1\|                           Enrolled in college\2\
      |___________________________________|________________________________________________________________
Year  |           |           |           |          Total       |        Males       |       Females
      |      Total|      Males|    Females|______________________|____________________|____________________
      |           |           |           |     Number|   Percent|   Number|   Percent|   Number|  Percent
______|___________|___________|___________|___________|__________|_________|__________|_________|__________
1     |         2 |         3 |         4 |         5 |        6 |       7 |        8 |       9 |       10
______|___________|___________|___________|___________|__________|_________|__________|_________|__________
1960 .|1,679(43.8)|  756(31.8)|  923(29.6)|  758(40.9)|45.1(2.13)|408(29.5)|54.0(3.18)|350(28.2)|37.9(2.80)
1961 .|1,763(46.0)|  790(33.2)|  973(31.3)|  847(42.9)|48.0(2.09)|445(30.8)|56.3(3.10)|402(29.9)|41.3(2.77)
1962 .|1,838(43.6)|  872(31.5)|  966(30.0)|  900(43.2)|49.0(2.05)|480(31.1)|55.0(2.96)|420(30.0)|43.5(2.80)
1963 .|1,741(44.2)|  794(32.1)|  947(30.0)|  784(41.5)|45.0(2.09)|415(29.8)|52.3(3.11)|369(28.8)|39.0(2.78)
1964 .|2,145(43.0)|  997(31.9)|1,148(28.5)|1,037(45.6)|48.3(1.89)|570(32.9)|57.2(2.75)|467(31.4)|40.7(2.54)
      |           |           |           |           |          |         |          |         |
1965 .|2,659(47.7)|1,254(35.1)|1,405(32.0)|1,354(51.4)|50.9(1.70)|718(36.7)|57.3(2.45)|636(35.8)|45.3(2.33)
1966 .|2,612(45.0)|1,207(33.8)|1,405(29.0)|1,309(50.2)|50.1(1.72)|709(36.0)|58.7(2.49)|600(34.8)|42.7(2.32)
1967 .|2,525(37.9)|1,142(28.4)|1,383(24.3)|1,311(40.9)|51.9(1.42)|658(28.9)|57.6(2.09)|653(28.9)|47.2(1.92)
1968 .|2,606(37.3)|1,184(28.2)|1,422(23.8)|1,444(41.7)|55.4(1.39)|748(29.6)|63.2(2.00)|696(29.3)|48.9(1.89)
1969 .|2,842(36.0)|1,352(26.8)|1,490(23.7)|1,516(42.5)|53.3(1.34)|812(30.3)|60.1(1.90)|704(29.7)|47.2(1.85)
      |           |           |           |           |          |         |          |         |
1970 .|2,758(37.4)|1,343(26.1)|1,415(26.8)|1,427(42.2)|51.7(1.36)|741(29.7)|55.2(1.94)|686(29.8)|48.5(1.90)
1971 .|2,875(38.0)|1,371(26.6)|1,504(27.1)|1,538(43.2)|53.5(1.33)|790(30.3)|57.6(1.90)|749(30.8)|49.8(1.84)
1972 .|2,964(37.8)|1,423(27.0)|1,542(26.4)|1,459(43.1)|49.2(1.31)|750(30.4)|52.7(1.89)|709(30.5)|46.0(1.81)
1973 .|3,058(37.1)|1,460(27.6)|1,599(24.6)|1,424(43.0)|46.6(1.29)|730(30.6)|50.0(1.87)|694(30.2)|43.4(1.77)
1974 .|3,101(38.6)|1,491(27.8)|1,611(26.8)|1,475(43.7)|47.6(1.28)|736(30.8)|49.4(1.85)|740(31.1)|45.9(1.77)
      |           |           |           |           |          |         |          |         |
1975 .|3,185(38.6)|1,513(27.3)|1,672(27.2)|1,615(44.8)|50.7(1.26)|796(31.2)|52.6(1.83)|818(32.1)|49.0(1.75)
1976 .|2,986(39.8)|1,451(28.9)|1,535(27.3)|1,458(43.6)|48.8(1.31)|685(30.4)|47.2(1.87)|773(31.2)|50.3(1.82)
1977 .|3,141(40.7)|1,483(29.7)|1,659(27.7)|1,590(45.4)|50.6(1.29)|773(31.8)|52.1(1.87)|817(32.4)|49.3(1.77)
1978 .|3,163(39.7)|1,485(29.3)|1,677(26.7)|1,585(45.2)|50.1(1.28)|759(31.6)|51.1(1.87)|827(32.4)|49.3(1.76)
1979 .|3,160(40.0)|1,475(29.2)|1,685(27.2)|1,559(45.1)|49.3(1.28)|744(31.4)|50.4(1.88)|815(32.4)|48.4(1.76)
      |           |           |           |           |          |         |          |         |
1980 .|3,088(39.4)|1,498(28.4)|1,589(27.3)|1,523(44.6)|49.3(1.30)|700(30.9)|46.7(1.86)|823(32.0)|51.8(1.81)
1981 .|3,056(42.2)|1,491(30.4)|1,565(29.1)|1,648(45.8)|53.9(1.30)|817(32.4)|54.8(1.86)|831(32.4)|53.1(1.82)
1982 .|3,100(40.4)|1,509(29.0)|1,592(28.2)|1,569(46.9)|50.6(1.36)|741(32.7)|49.1(1.95)|828(33.6)|52.0(1.90)
1983 .|2,963(41.6)|1,389(30.4)|1,573(28.2)|1,562(46.7)|52.7(1.39)|721(32.3)|51.9(2.03)|841(33.6)|53.4(1.91)
1984 .|3,012(36.5)|1,429(28.7)|1,584(21.9)|1,663(46.0)|55.2(1.37)|801(32.7)|56.0(1.99)|862(32.3)|54.5(1.90)
      |           |           |           |           |          |         |          |         |
1985 .|2,668(40.1)|1,287(28.7)|1,381(27.9)|1,540(45.1)|57.7(1.45)|755(31.6)|58.6(2.08)|785(32.1)|56.8(2.02)
1986 .|2,786(38.6)|1,332(28.5)|1,454(26.0)|1,498(45.0)|53.8(1.43)|743(31.7)|55.8(2.06)|755(31.9)|51.9(1.99)
1987 .|2,647(40.9)|1,278(29.8)|1,369(28.0)|1,503(45.1)|56.8(1.46)|746(31.9)|58.3(2.09)|757(31.9)|55.3(2.04)
1988 .|2,673(47.0)|1,334(34.1)|1,339(32.3)|1,575(50.3)|58.9(1.57)|761(35.6)|57.1(2.24)|814(35.4)|60.7(2.20)
1989 .|2,450(46.5)|1,204(32.9)|1,246(32.8)|1,460(48.7)|59.6(1.64)|693(34.0)|57.6(2.35)|767(34.8)|61.6(2.27)
      |           |           |           |           |          |         |          |         |
1990 .|2,362(43.0)|1,173(30.6)|1,189(30.2)|1,420(45.9)|60.1(1.60)|680(32.2)|58.0(2.29)|740(32.6)|62.2(2.24)
1991 .|2,276(41.0)|1,140(29.0)|1,136(29.0)|1,423(44.8)|62.5(1.62)|660(31.4)|57.9(2.33)|763(31.9)|67.1(2.22)
1992 .|2,397(40.4)|1,216(29.1)|1,180(28.1)|1,483(45.4)|61.9(1.58)|729(32.3)|60.0(2.24)|754(31.8)|63.8(2.23)
1993 .|2,342(41.4)|1,120(30.6)|1,223(27.7)|1,467(45.4)|62.6(1.59)|670(31.9)|59.9(2.33)|797(32.1)|65.2(2.17)
1994 .|2,517(38.1)|1,244(27.9)|1,273(25.9)|1,559(43.0)|61.9(1.43)|754(30.6)|60.6(2.05)|805(30.2)|63.2(1.99)
      |           |           |           |           |          |         |          |         |
1995 .|2,599(40.9)|1,238(29.9)|1,361(27.7)|1,610(44.5)|61.9(1.41)|775(31.3)|62.6(2.03)|835(31.5)|61.3(1.95)
1996 .|2,660(40.5)|1,297(29.5)|1,363(27.7)|1,729(46.1)|65.0(1.42)|779(32.4)|60.1(2.09)|950(32.5)|69.7(1.92)
1997 .|2,769(41.8)|1,354(31.0)|1,415(27.9)|1,856(47.3)|67.0(1.38)|860(33.6)|63.6(2.01)|995(32.9)|70.3(1.87)
1998 .|2,810(43.9)|1,452(31.0)|1,358(31.0)|1,844(48.3)|65.6(1.38)|906(34.4)|62.4(1.96)|938(33.9)|69.1(1.93)
1999 .|2,897(41.5)|1,474(29.9)|1,423(28.8)|1,822(47.8)|62.9(1.38)|905(34.1)|61.4(1.95)|917(33.4)|64.4(1.95)
      |           |           |           |           |          |         |          |         |
2000 .|2,756(45.3)|1,251(33.6)|1,505(29.7)|1,745(48.4)|63.3(1.41)|749(33.4)|59.9(2.13)|996(34.4)|66.2(1.88)
2001 .|2,549(46.5)|1,277(33.7)|1,273(32.0)|1,574(47.5)|61.8(1.48)|767(33.7)|60.1(2.11)|808(33.3)|63.5(2.08)
2002 .|2,796(42.7)|1,412(31.3)|1,384(29.0)|1,824(46.1)|65.2(1.31)|877(33.0)|62.1(1.88)|947(32.1)|68.4(1.82)
2003 .|2,677(42.2)|1,306(29.9)|1,372(29.7)|1,711(45.2)|63.9(1.35)|799(31.5)|61.2(1.97)|913(32.3)|66.5(1.86)
______|___________|___________|___________|___________|__________|_________|__________|_________|__________

\1\Individuals ages 16 to 24 who graduated from high school or completed a GED during the preceding 12 months.
\2\Enrollment in college as of October of each year for individuals ages 16 to 24 who completed high school during the preceding 12 months.

NOTE: Data are based upon sample surveys of the civilian population. High school completion data in this table differ from figures appearing in other tables because of varying survey procedures and coverage. High school completers include GED recipients. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Standard errors appear in parentheses. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: American College Testing Program, unpublished tabulations, derived from statistics collected by the Census Bureau; and U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, October 1970 through October 2003, unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared March 2005.)

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