Table E-28-3.  Among high school seniors who planned to continue their education after high school, percentage who applied to one or more postsecondary institutions while in high school, by sex and race/ethnicity: 2004

Sex and race/ethnicity	Seniors who planned to continue their education after high school	Seniors who applied to
		At least one institution		One institution only		Two to four institutions		Five or more institutions
Total	93.1	74.2		22.1		38.7		13.4
Sex
Male	90.2	69.7		21.3		37.2		11.2
Female	95.9	78.4		22.8		40.2		15.5
Race/ethnicity
White	93.1	76.4		25.0		39.3		12.1
Black	94.6	73.6		15.2		42.7		15.8
Hispanic	91.5	62.4		19.2		32.5		10.6
Asian	97.1	84.9		15.9		37.5		31.5
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	94.6	63.6		12.6	!	34.6	!	‡
American Indian/Alaska Native	87.4	60.4		13.0	!	34.4		‡
Two or more races	90.7	76.8		19.4		41.1		16.4
Race/ethnicity by sex
Male
White	90.2	71.5		24.5		36.9		10.1
Black	92.9	69.1		13.2		41.2		14.6
Hispanic	87.7	58.3		16.7		33.3		8.4
Asian	96.0	78.9		16.5		37.9		24.5
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	97.1	53.2	!	‡		28.9	!	‡
American Indian/Alaska Native	81.4	65.8		16.6	!	38.7		‡
Two or more races	87.4	75.4		21.7		41.9		11.7
Female
White	96.0	81.0		25.4		41.7		14.0
Black	96.3	77.8		17.0		44.0		16.8
Hispanic	95.0	65.9		21.4		31.9		12.6
Asian	98.3	91.1		15.4		37.0		38.7
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡
American Indian/Alaska Native	95.8	53.9		‡		29.1		‡
Two or more races	93.9	78.1		17.2		40.3		20.6

! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate exceeds 30 percent.

‡ Reporting standards not met (too few cases).

NOTE: Estimates for percentage of students who planned to continue their education after high school were weighted by F1PNLWT, and the remaining estimates were weighted by F1QWT. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002/2004), "Base-Year, 2002" and "First Follow-up, 2004."