Table H1. Percentage distribution of academic year 2009–10 ninth-graders' educational expectations, by student characteristics: 2009

Student's expectation
Characteristic High
school
or less1
  Some
college2
  Bachelor's
degree3
  Graduate/
professional
degree4
  Don't know
Total  14.6 7.3 17.1 39.1 21.9
                     
Student IEP status          
Student has IEP 26.6 9.5 12.8 21.1 30.0
Student has no IEP 12.2 6.9 19.5 40.2 21.2
                     
Student received special education services          
Yes 27.6   9.3   13.2   20.9   29.0  
No 11.2   6.9   18.8   43.1   20.0  
1 High school or less includes high school diploma or General Educational Development (GED). GED is an alternative path to attaining a high school credential.
2 Some college includes the start or completion of an Associate's degree, or the start but not completion of a Bachelor's degree.
3 Bachelor's degree also includes the start but not completion of a Master's degree.
4 Graduate/professional degree includes completion of a Master's degree, as well as the start or completion of a Ph.D., M.D., law degree, or other high level professional degree.
NOTE: Totals are weighted by W3HSTRANS. Totals may not fall within the range of categorical values due to missing data. Details may not sum to 100 percent due to rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09), Base-Year.