Highest level of education attained by 1980 high school seniors, by selected student and school characteristics: Spring 1986

Table 305.

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                          |   Highest educational attainment of 1980 high school seniors in 1986
    Student and school    |_________________________________________________________________________
     characteristics      |         | No high |  High   |         |         |          | Graduate/
                          |  Total  | school  | school  |License2/|Associate|Bachelor's|professional
                          |         |diploma1/| diploma |         | degree  |  degree  |   degree
__________________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________|____________
            1             |    2    |    3    |    4    |    5    |    6    |    7     |     8
__________________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________|____________
  Total ..................|   100.0 |     0.9 |    61.8 |    11.9 |     6.5 |     18.2 |        0.7
                          |_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________|____________
Sex                       |         |         |         |         |         |          |
  Men ....................|   100.0 |     1.0 |    64.0 |    10.5 |     5.9 |     17.6 |        0.9
  Women ..................|   100.0 |     0.8 |    59.6 |    13.3 |     7.0 |     18.8 |        0.6
                          |         |         |         |         |         |          |
Race/ethnicity            |         |         |         |         |         |          |
  White, non-Hispanic ....|   100.0 |     0.8 |    60.0 |    11.5 |     6.6 |     20.2 |        0.9
  Black, non-Hispanic ....|   100.0 |     1.2 |    69.4 |    13.9 |     5.3 |      9.9 |        0.2
  Hispanic ...............|   100.0 |     1.7 |    70.2 |    13.8 |     7.3 |      6.8 |        0.1
  Asian ..................|   100.0 |    (3/) |    49.6 |    12.6 |     8.7 |     27.3 |        1.7
  American Indian ........|   100.0 |    (3/) |    61.3 |    18.6 |     9.3 |     10.8 |       (3/)
                          |         |         |         |         |         |          |
Socioeconomic             |         |         |         |         |         |          |
 status quartile4/        |         |         |         |         |         |          |
  Low ....................|   100.0 |     1.2 |    74.1 |    12.3 |     5.5 |      6.6 |        0.2
  Low-middle .............|   100.0 |     0.5 |    66.7 |    13.6 |     8.0 |     11.1 |        0.2
  High-middle ............|   100.0 |     0.1 |    58.4 |    12.9 |     7.7 |     20.4 |        0.6
  High ...................|   100.0 |    (3/) |    45.7 |     8.7 |     6.3 |     37.1 |        2.2
                          |         |         |         |         |         |          |
High school program5/     |         |         |         |         |         |          |
  General ................|   100.0 |     0.8 |    69.7 |    12.6 |     6.5 |     10.2 |        0.2
  Academic ...............|   100.0 |     0.1 |    45.6 |     8.8 |     7.2 |     36.6 |        1.8
  Vocational .............|   100.0 |     0.6 |    72.8 |    16.2 |     6.9 |      3.6 |        0.0
                          |         |         |         |         |         |          |
Postsecondary education   |         |         |         |         |         |          |
 plans6/                  |         |         |         |         |         |          |
  No plans ...............|   100.0 |     1.4 |    83.5 |    12.7 |     2.1 |      0.2 |       (3/)
  Attend vocational/      |         |         |         |         |         |          |
   technical school ......|   100.0 |     0.3 |    72.5 |    17.7 |     8.4 |      1.1 |       (3/)
  Attend college less     |         |         |         |         |         |          |
   than 4 years ..........|   100.0 |     0.2 |    65.5 |    14.4 |    13.1 |      6.8 |       (3/)
  Earn bachelor's degree .|   100.0 |    (3/) |    48.3 |     8.2 |     6.9 |     35.8 |        0.7
  Earn advanced degree ...|   100.0 |     0.1 |    43.5 |     7.9 |     4.9 |     40.6 |        3.0
                          |         |         |         |         |         |          |
Type of high school       |         |         |         |         |         |          |
  Public .................|   100.0 |     1.0 |    63.2 |    12.1 |     6.6 |     16.4 |        0.7
  Catholic ...............|   100.0 |    (3/) |    47.4 |    11.9 |     6.4 |     32.8 |        1.6
  Other private ..........|   100.0 |    (3/) |    52.3 |     7.0 |     3.9 |     36.7 |        0.1
__________________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________|____________

1/Seniors who dropped out of high school after spring 1980 survey and had not completed high school by 1986.
2/Persons who earned a certificate for completing a program of study.
3/Less than .05 percent.
4/Socioeconomic status was measured by a composite score on parental education, family income, father's occupation, and household characteristics in 1980.
5/Students' self-reported high school program.
6/During their senior year of high school, students were asked about the highest level of education they planned to attain. Students who planned to get less than a high school education or a high school education only were classified as having no postsecondary education plans.

NOTE.--Because of rounding, percents may not add to 100.0.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, High School and Beyond survey. (This table was prepared September 1987.)

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