Table 3.4. Percentage of 10th-graders who expected to attain various levels of education, by race/ethnicity: 1980, 1990, and 2002
Level of education
Total
White, non-Hispanic
Black, non-Hispanic
Hispanic
Asian/Pacific Islander
American Indian/ Alaska Native
High school diploma or equivalent or less
1980
26.5
25.9
26.3
33.7
11.7
35.7
1990
10.2
9.4
11.1
14.3
8.2
18.8
2002
9.2
8.0
10.5
13.5
4.9
12.1
Some college, including vocational/technical
1980
32.9
33.1
32.7
33.7
21.5
32.9
1990
30.3
29.5
30.2
38.5
21.7
43.0
2002
11.5
10.9
12.6
13.9
8.2
12.0
Bachelor's degree
1980
22.7
23.4
21.8
17.0
32.4
17.2
1990
32.1
33.9
28.2
25.5
31.4
21.8
2002
39.7
39.6
40.8
40.2
37.2
36.1
Graduate/professional degree
1980
17.9
17.7
19.2
15.6
34.3
14.2
1990
27.4
27.3
30.5
21.7
38.7
16.5
2002
39.7
41.4
36.1
32.4
49.7
39.8
NOTE: Black includes African American, Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian, and Hispanic includes Latino. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, The Condition of Education 2004, table 15-1, based on High School and Beyond Longitudinal Study of 1980 Sophomores (HS&B-So:80); National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88/90), "First Follow-up, 1990;" and Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002), Base Year.
