Table 1. Student postsecondary persistence from year 1 to year 2: High school sophomores in 2002 who were surveyed in 2006, by postsecondary sector and student race/ethnicity

Education Longitudinal
Study of 2002 (ELS:2002)

Download Excel (28 KB)

Table 1. Student postsecondary persistence from year 1 to year 2: High school sophomores in 2002 who were surveyed in 2006, by postsecondary sector and student race/ethnicityStudent postsecondary persistence from year 1 to year 2: High school sophomores in 2002 who were surveyed in 2006, by postsecondary sector and student race/ethnicity

Characteristics	Persisted into year 2¹	Were no longer enrolled in year 2
Total	81.8	18.2

Sector of postsecondary institution²
Public, 4-year or above	90.2	9.8
Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above	90.6	9.4
Private for-profit, 4-year or above	69.1	30.9
Public, 2-year	68.6	31.4
Private not-for-profit, 2-year	74.7	25.3	!
Private for-profit, 2-year	43.6	56.4
Race/ethnicity
Amer. Indian/Alaska Native	73.3	26.7
Asian	89.7	10.3
Black or African-American	72.2	27.8
Hispanic or Latino	73.3	26.7
More than one race	‡	‡
Native Hawaii/Pac. Islander,non-Hispanic	90.8	9.2
White	83.3	16.7
! Interpret data with caution. Estimate is unstable because the standard error represents more than 30 percent of the estimate.
‡ Reporting standards are not met; the standard error represents more than 50 percent of the estimate.
¹Data comes from the F2RTYPE variable, which describes respondent type by postsecondary level at time of the second follow-up (2006). Student cases included here were from the "Standard Enrollee" and the "Leaver" categories.
² Less than 2-year schools not included in these analyses.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002), “Second Follow-Up Data File, 2006.”

Back

Download Excel (28 KB)

Download SE Excel (27 KB)