Table 11. Percentage distribution of 2002 high school sophomores ever enrolled in a postsecondary institution, by sector of first postsecondary institution, intended major, and student and family characteristics: 2006

Education Longitudinal
Study of 2002 (ELS:2002)

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	Public 4-year		Private 4-year¹		Less than 4-year²
Characteristic	STEM major	Non-STEM major or undecided	STEM major	Non-STEM major or undecided	STEM major	Non-STEM major or undecided
Total	20.5	79.5	17.9	82.1	10.3	89.7

Sex
Female	10.1	89.9	10.3	89.7	4.2	95.8
Male	32.0	68.0	26.2	73.8	17.2	82.8

Race/ethnicity³
White, non-Hispanic	18.8	81.2	16.7	83.3	10.7	89.3
Black, non-Hispanic	24.6	75.4	19.9	80.1	10.9	89.1
Hispanic	19.8	80.2	16.9	83.1	9.5	90.5
Asian, non-Hispanic	28.0	72.0	22.5	77.5	10.4	89.6
All other races, non-Hispanic	18.2	81.8	21.2	78.8	8.6	91.4

Family income in 2001
$0-20,000	21.3	78.7	10.0	90.0	7.7	92.3
$20,001-50,000	20.8	79.7	17.0	83.0	11.1	88.9
$50,001-100,000	21.4	79.2	19.6	80.4	10.3	89.7
$100,001 or more	17.9	78.6	18.7	81.3	10.5	89.5

Parental education
High school or less⁴	19.7	80.3	16.5	83.5	9.7	90.3
Some college	18.4	81.6	15.5	84.5	9.6	90.4
Bachelor's degree	20.3	79.7	18.2	81.8	10.5	89.5
Graduate/professional degree	22.1	77.9	19.2	80.8	14.1	85.9

Native language⁵
English	19.6	80.4	17.1	82.9	10.8	89.2
Non-English	23.9	76.1	23.1	76.9	8.2	91.8

¹ Private includes both private for-profit and private not-for-profit postsecondary institutions.
² Less than 4-year includes 2-year or less postsecondary institutions that are public, private for-profit, or private not-for-profit.
³ Black, non-Hispanic includes African American. Hispanic includes Latino. All other races, non-Hispanic includes American Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and Two or more races..
⁴ Parental education is the highest level of education attained by either student’s mother or father (including guardians); or, if data are available for only one parent or guardian, the educational attainment of that parent (or guardian).
⁵ The first language the student learned to speak.
NOTE: Totals are weighted by F2QWT and other estimates are weighted by F2BYWT. The flag variable G10COHRT was used to produce data that are based on 2002 high school sophomores interviewed in both 2002 and 2006. Details may not sum to 100 percent due to rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS: 2002) Second Follow-up, 2006."

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