Table 2. Student postsecondary persistence from year 1 to year 2: High school seniors in 2004 who were surveyed in 2006, by postsecondary sector and student race/ethnicity

Education Longitudinal
Study of 2002 (ELS:2002)

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Characteristic	Persisted into year²	Were no longer enrolled in year 2
Total	82.2	17.8

Sector of postsecondary institution²
Public, 4-year or above	90.0	10.0
Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above	90.7	9.3
Private for-profit, 4-year or above	70.0	30.0
Public, 2-year	69.6	30.4
Private not-for-profit, 2-year	73.1	26.9	!
Private for-profit, 2-year	42.9	57.1

Race/ethnicity
Amer. Indian/Alaska Native	74.0	26.0
Asian	89.5	10.5
Black or African-American	73.5	26.5
Hispanic or Latino	73.5	26.5
More than one race	‡	‡
Native Hawaii/Pac. Islander,non-Hispanic	89.8	10.2
White	83.6	16.4
! 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.
¹ Data 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."

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