Table E-37-1.  Percentage distribution of persistence and attainment by June 2009 of 2003–04 beginning postsecondary students by highest degree attained, sex, and race/ethnicity: 2009

Sex and race/ethnicity	Persistence and attainment by June 2009
	Total		No degree, not enrolled		No degree, still enrolled		Highest degree attained
							Total		Certificate		Associate's degree		Bachelor's degree
Total1	100.0		35.6		15.0		49.3		9.4		9.3		30.6
Sex
Male	100.0		37.1		16.4		46.4		7.3		9.1		30.0
Female	100.0		34.5		14.0		51.5		11.0		9.5		31.1
Race/ethnicity
White	100.0		33.4		12.7		54.0		7.7		10.1		36.2
Black	100.0		42.7		20.4		36.8		12.4		7.7		16.7
Hispanic	100.0		42.2		17.0		40.8		15.6		8.3		16.8
Asian	100.0		23.1		18.9		57.9		4.5		7.7		45.7
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	100.0		29.8	!	‡		46.4	!	‡		‡		38.8	!
American Indian/Alaska Native	100.0		42.5		19.5		38.0		12.8	!	10.8	!	14.4
Two or more races	100.0		33.7		19.4		46.9		9.2		9.9		27.8
Race/ethnicity by sex
Male
White	100.0		35.3		14.1		50.6		6.1		9.5		35.0
Black	100.0		44.5		20.2		35.3		9.4		9.3		16.6
Hispanic	100.0		43.7		18.8		37.5		13.0		8.1		16.3
Asian	100.0		24.2		27.5		48.3		3.3	!	6.3		38.7
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	100.0		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
American Indian/Alaska Native	100.0		31.6	!	‡		46.3		18.0	!	‡		20.2	!
Two or more races	100.0		40.7		18.5		40.7		‡		10.1	!	26.5
Female
White	100.0		31.9		11.5		56.6		9.0		10.5		37.1
Black	100.0		41.7		20.5		37.7		14.1		6.8		16.8
Hispanic	100.0		41.1		15.9		43.0		17.3		8.5		17.1
Asian	100.0		22.1		10.1		67.9		5.7		9.3		52.9
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	100.0		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
American Indian/Alaska Native	100.0		49.5		17.9	!	32.7		9.4	!	‡		10.7	!
Two or more races	100.0		28.9		20.0		51.1		12.6		9.8		28.7

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

‡ Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater.

1Total includes other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately in the table.

NOTE: Estimates include students enrolled in Title IV eligible postsecondary institutions in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Data weighted by WTA000. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2003-04 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study, Second Follow-up (BPS:04/06/09).