Table 1. Percentages of 2003–04 high school graduates who filed a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) for the academic year 2004–05, by postsecondary enrollment status and level: 2004

Education Longitudinal
Study of 2002 (ELS:2002)

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Table 1. Percentages of 2003–04 high school graduates who filed a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) for the academic year 2004–05, by postsecondary enrollment status and level: 2004–05

Population characteristics	Percentage of 2003–04 high school graduates who:
	Filed a FAFSA application for academic year 2004–05	Filed a FAFSA application for academic year 2004–05 and:
		Enrolled in postsecondary education in 2004–05, who:				Did not attend a post- secondary program in 2004–05
		Enrolled first in any post- secondary program	Enrolled first in a four-year program	Enrolled first in a two-year program	Enrolled first in a less-than-two year program	Did not attend a post- secondary program in 2004–05
Total	56.9	51.3	35.1	15.4	0.7	5.7

Sex
Female	61.7	56.5	37.7	17.8	1.0	5.2
Male	51.8	45.7	32.4	12.9	0.4	6.2

Race-ethnicity
White	55.7	51.6	37.3	14.0	0.3	4.2
Other racial/ethnic groups	59.1	50.7	31.2	18.1	1.4	8.4
Black	64.0	53.8	33.6	18.5	1.7	10.2
Hispanic	55.1	46.8	24.0	20.8	2.0	8.2
Asian/Pacific Islander	59.8	55.3	40.8	14.3	‡	4.5

Family socio-economic status
Lowest quartile	53.2	43.3	21.7	20.2	1.4	10.0
Second quartile	55.4	48.8	29.1	18.5	1.1	6.7
Third quartile	60.1	55.2	38.7	16.0	0.5	5.0
Top quartile	57.9	55.7	46.9	8.7	0.1	2.3

Type of high school
Public	56.8	50.8	34.0	16.1	0.7	6.0
Catholic	63.6	61.3	55.0	5.7	0.6	2.3
Other private	51.4	49.2	37.4	11.4	‡	2.2

Locale
Urban	56.3	50.5	36.4	13.4	0.7	5.9
Suburban	57.0	51.6	34.9	16.0	0.8	5.4
Rural	57.6	51.6	33.9	17.1	0.6	6.1
‡ Reporting standards not met (too few cases)
NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Other racial/ethnic groups include American Indians/Alaskan Natives and persons of more than one race. High school type is for the last high school attended. Subtotals for those who enrolled in postsecondary education in 2004–05 may include some who attended an unknown type of institution.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002/06).

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