| Table 310. | Percent distribution of enrollment and completion status of first-time postsecondary students starting during the 1989-90 academic year, by degree objective and other student characteristics: 1994 |
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| Public 2-year college students | Students seeking bachelor's degrees in 1989-90
| starting in 1989-90 |_____________________________________________________
Student |_____________________________________________| Highest degree completed, not | | No
characteristics | Attained by 1994\1\ |No degree by 1994|enrolled for bachelor's degree\2\| Still | degree,
|___________________________|_________________|_________________________________|enrolled | not
| |Certifi-|Asso-|Bache-| |Not en- |Total, any|Certifi-|Asso- |Bache-|for bach-| en-
|Total| cate |ciate|lor's |Enrolled| rolled | degree | cate |ciate |lor's |elor's\3\|rolled\4\
________________________________|_____|________|_____|______|________|________|__________|________|______|______|_________|_________
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13
________________________________|_____|________|_____|______|________|________|__________|________|______|______|_________|_________
Total ..........................|36.7 | 12.9 |17.5 | 6.3 | 14.7 | 48.6 | 54.3 | 3.3 | 5.1 | 45.8 | 17.5 | 28.3
|_____|________|_____|______|________|________|__________|________|______|______|_________|_________
Male .........................|33.8 | 12.7 |15.5 | 5.6 | 17.1 | 49.1 | 48.8 | 2.7 | 4.8 | 41.3 | 20.3 | 30.9
Female .......................|39.6 | 13.2 |19.5 | 7.0 | 12.4 | 48.1 | 59.7 | 4.0 | 5.4 | 50.3 | 14.6 | 25.7
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Race | | | | | | | | | | | |
White, non-Hispanic ..........|37.3 | 12.3 |18.4 | 6.6 | 13.0 | 49.7 | 56.4 | 3.3 | 4.9 | 48.1 | 16.6 | 27.0
Black, non-Hispanic ..........|31.8 | 16.1 |12.5 | 3.1 | 13.2 | 55.1 | 45.2 | 3.6 | 7.3 | 34.3 | 18.0 | 36.8
Hispanic .....................|38.0 | 15.2 |15.6 | 7.2 | 22.2 | 39.8 | 41.3 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 32.4 | 22.1 | 36.6
Asian/Pacific Islander .......| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| 52.8 | 0.6 | 5.3 | 46.8 | 21.8 | 25.5
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Socioeconomic status | | | | | | | | | | | |
in 1989-90 | | | | | | | | | | | |
Low (25 percent) .............|30.2 | 17.7 |10.6 | 1.9 | 10.3 | 59.5 | 31.7 | 3.8 | 5.7 | 22.1 | 16.5 | 51.8
Middle (50 percent) ..........|34.3 | 13.7 |15.0 | 5.7 | 16.4 | 49.3 | 47.1 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 38.9 | 19.4 | 33.5
High (25 percent) ............|44.8 | 8.7 |26.1 | 10.1 | 14.5 | 40.7 | 61.5 | 3.2 | 5.3 | 52.9 | 16.3 | 22.3
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Dependent student family | | | | | | | | | | | |
income in 1989-90 | | | | | | | | | | | |
Less than $20,000 ............|39.4 | 12.0 |21.4 | 5.9 | 15.5 | 45.2 | 43.2 | 1.4 | 4.9 | 36.9 | 19.2 | 37.6
$20,000 to $39,999 ...........|43.4 | 12.8 |20.5 | 10.0 | 13.8 | 42.9 | 52.6 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 43.2 | 18.2 | 29.2
$40,000 to $59,999 ...........|42.4 | 11.2 |21.9 | 9.3 | 13.1 | 44.6 | 57.0 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 48.5 | 16.1 | 26.9
$60,000 or more ..............|46.9 | 5.4 |31.5 | 10.0 | 24.6 | 28.5 | 68.1 | 1.5 | 6.0 | 60.6 | 16.0 | 15.9
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Diploma/delayed entry status\5\ | | | | | | | | | | | |
Diploma, did not delay .......|45.5 | 10.6 |24.9 | 10.0 | 16.3 | 38.3 | 58.2 | 2.9 | 4.9 | 50.3 | 17.0 | 24.8
Diploma, delayed entry .......|26.4 | 16.3 | 8.6 | 1.5 | 14.5 | 59.1 | 30.9 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 17.3 | 21.5 | 47.6
No diploma .................. |21.8 | 14.2 | 5.9 | 1.7 | 4.5 | 73.7 | 21.0 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 15.0 | 14.1 | 64.8
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Age (as of 12/31/89) | | | | | | | | | | | |
18 years or younger ..........|47.4 | 9.4 |26.1 | 11.9 | 14.9 | 37.7 | 59.2 | 2.9 | 4.9 | 51.4 | 16.4 | 24.5
19 years ................... |31.9 | 12.7 |17.1 | 2.2 | 20.8 | 47.3 | 45.8 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 38.3 | 21.1 | 33.0
20 to 29 years ...............|27.3 | 16.4 | 8.3 | 2.5 | 13.0 | 59.8 | 36.3 | 7.9 | 9.4 | 19.0 | 19.6 | 44.1
30 years or over .............|25.7 | 18.2 | 6.9 | 0.6 | 9.2 | 65.1 | 19.1 | 3.3 | 6.0 | 9.8 | 17.3 | 63.5
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Marital status | | | | | | | | | | | |
Never married ................|41.1 | 11.8 |21.1 | 8.1 | 16.2 | 42.7 | 56.8 | 3.4 | 5.3 | 48.1 | 17.4 | 25.8
Married .................... |26.3 | 15.4 | 8.7 | 2.2 | 9.2 | 64.5 | 26.7 | 4.2 | 2.4 | 20.1 | 17.8 | 55.5
Divorced, widowed, separated .|29.9 | 25.6 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 8.8 | 61.2 | 21.7 | 0.6 | 9.5 | 11.6 | 18.4 | 59.9
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Expected degree level | | | | | | | | | | | |
for 2-year students | | | | | | | | | | | |
Less than 2 years ............|23.9 | 19.8 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 12.3 | 63.8 | ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---
2 to 4 years .................|30.2 | 18.3 |10.5 | 1.4 | 11.8 | 58.0 | ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---
Bachelor's or higher .........|40.6 | 9.9 |21.7 | 9.0 | 16.1 | 43.3 | ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---
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Average hours worked per | | | | | | | | | | | |
week while enrolled | | | | | | | | | | | |
None .........................|40.5 | 21.2 |13.8 | 5.6 | 11.1 | 48.4 | 56.2 | 2.0 | 4.4 | 49.8 | 17.8 | 26.0
1 to 20 hours ................|45.4 | 12.2 |23.7 | 9.6 | 14.6 | 40.0 | 59.0 | 2.5 | 5.2 | 51.3 | 16.4 | 24.5
More than 20 hours ..........|33.3 | 10.9 |16.8 | 5.6 | 15.7 | 51.0 | 50.3 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 40.4 | 17.9 | 31.7
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Received financial aid | | | | | | | | | | | |
during 1989-90 | | | | | | | | | | | |
Yes ..........................|39.9 | 13.1 |17.3 | 9.6 | 8.6 | 51.5 | 60.4 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 55.1 | 13.8 | 25.8
No ...........................|35.5 | 12.9 |17.6 | 5.0 | 17.0 | 47.5 | 48.4 | 4.5 | 7.0 | 36.9 | 21.0 | 30.7
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\1\Highest degree attained at any institution. Students who have attained may also be enrolled.
\2\Status as of 1994. Includes those students who are no longer working towards a bachelor's degree, but who had completed another type of degree or award. \3\Status as of 1994. Includes students who had completed another type of degree or award (associate degree: 11.8 percent, certificate: 2.7 percent) but are still working toward a bachelor's degree. \4\Status as of 1994. Enrollment can be full-time or part-time. Includes students who are still enrolled, but are no longer working toward a bachelor's degree. \5\Students were considered to have a diploma only if they had a regular high school diploma. Students with a GED or other high school credentials were considered to have no diploma. ---Data not available or not applicable. NOTE.--Data reflect completion and enrollment status by spring 1994 of first-time postsecondary students starting academic year 1989-90. Some cells in this table have relatively large sampling errors. See sampling error table in appendix. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Beginning Postsecondary Student Longitudinal Survey, 1994. (This table was prepared September 1996.)
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