Table Q1. First type of college attended for high school class of 2013: Among fall 2009 ninth-graders who enrolled in postsecondary education after high school, percentage distribution of control and level of first postsecondary institution enrolled, by selected characteristics (June 2016)

High School Longitudinal
Study of 2009 (HSLS:09)

Characteristic	Public 2-year		Public 4-year		Private nonprofit 4- year		Private for- profit		Other¹
Total	41.6		36.5		16.2		5.0		0.7
Demographic characteristics
Sex
Male	43.6		36.1		16.0		3.4		0.9	!
Female	39.8		36.8		16.3		6.5		0.5	!
Race/ethnicity²
White	36.8		39.9		18.9		4.0		0.4	!
Black	44.2		35.0		14.3		5.7		‡
Hispanic	51.9		27.8		11.5		7.9		‡
Asian	40.3		43.1		16.1		0.4	!	‡
Other or Two or more races	43.7		35.2		13.1		6.0		1.9	!
Highest education attained by either parent
High school credential or lower	50.9		29.5		10.9		7.9		0.8	!
Certificate or associate's degree	49.0		30.7		14.0		5.9		‡
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3		45.0		21.7		2.2		0.7	!
Family socioeconomic status quintile
Lowest quintile	53.1		23.6		10.0		11.9		1.4	!
Middle three quintiles	44.6		35.2		14.8		4.7		0.6	!
Highest quintile	26.8		47.7		23.8		1.3		‡
Language student first learned to speak
English only	40.7		37.4		16.6		4.6		0.7
Non-English only	47.0		30.1		15.4		6.4		‡
English and non-English equally	44.2		34.9		11.7		8.5		‡
Ever had disability or special need³
Yes	46.1		33.2		15.3		4.6		0.7	!
No	37.9		39.0		17.7		4.9		0.6	!
High school characteristics
Mathematics achievement quintile
Lowest fifth	59.3		18.3		10.1		10.9		1.4	!
Middle three-fifths	45.7		33.8		14.5		5.2		0.7	!
Highest fifth	21.8		52.8		24.1		1.1		0.2	!
Cumulative high school grade point average
Lower than 2.50	63.9		16.7		7.8		10.6		1.0	!
2.50–2.99	44.7		35.9		13.2		5.0		1.2	!
3.00–3.49	33.1		44.7		19.7		2.2		0.3	!
3.50 or higher	17.9		54.7		26.4		0.9	!	‡
Sector of last high school
Public	42.9		36.8		14.6		5.1		0.6
Private	16.1		43.4		39.0		1.1	!	‡
High school credential type
Regular high school diploma	40.0		37.8		17.0		4.6		0.6
GED and other high school equivalency	68.6		12.2	!	8.3	!	9.9	!	‡
Timing of high school completion⁴
On time or early	40.3		37.7		16.8		4.6		0.6
Delayed	61.8		12.0		14.6	!	10.3	!	‡
State where student attended high school⁵
National (public schools only)	43.8		35.7		14.4		5.4		0.7
California	56.1		31.4		5.3		6.1	!	‡
Florida	7.0	!	75.7		9.0		7.4	!	‡
Georgia	39.4		27.6		22.1		7.6	!	‡
Michigan	35.2		45.9		15.2		3.2	!	‡
North Carolina	44.0		38.9		12.5		3.9	!	0.7	!
Ohio	26.8		47.3		19.9		5.4	!	‡
Pennsylvania	29.3		36.0		21.8		8.1	!	4.8	!
Tennessee	48.2		34.6		12.5		4.4	!	‡
Texas	62.7		25.3		7.8		4.1	!	‡
Washington	34.8		49.6		12.2		2.6	!	‡
! Interpret data with caution. Estimate is unstable because the standard error is between 30 and 50 percent of the estimate.
‡ Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or the standard error is greater than 50 percent of the estimate.
¹Other includes public less-than-2-year, private nonprofit 2-year, and private nonprofit less-than-2-year institutions.
²Black includes African American, Hispanic includes Latino, and Other includes American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, other Pacific Islander, and individuals who indicated Two or more races or Other. All race categories exclude Hispanic or Latino origin.
³This variable indicates if a student had a serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions; had been told by a health or education professional that he/she had ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) or ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder); had a learning disability; was deaf or had a serious difficulty hearing; was blind or had a serious difficulty seeing; or had any other disability or special need.
⁴On-time or early completion refers to students completing high school with a diploma, GED, certificate of attendance or completion, or other high school equivalency by August 31 of their scheduled graduation year (i.e., 2013). Delayed completion refers to students completing high school after August 31, 2013.
⁵Base-year (2009) public school and student samples are state representative for a subset of 10 states listed in the table. Students attending public schools in all other states are included in the "National (public schools only)" category.
NOTE: First institution is the first known postsecondary institution attended based on postsecondary transcripts. 72.4% of fall 2009 ninth-graders had enrolled in postsecondary education by 2016; see Table 2 of https://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2018139. Estimates exclude students whose postsecondary enrollment was exclusively through dual or concurrent enrollment while in high school. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09), Base Year, First Follow-Up, 2013 Update, High School Transcript Study, and Postsecondary Education Transcript Study and Student Financial Aid Records Data Collection.

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