Table Q5. 2-year college completion or enrollment for high school class of 2013: Among fall 2009 ninth-graders whose first postsecondary enrollment after high school was in 2013–14 and who also first enrolled in a less-than-4-year institution, percentage distribution of their highest postsecondary credential earned and current enrollment status, by selected characteristics (June 2016)

High School Longitudinal
Study of 2009 (HSLS:09)

	Highest postsecondary credential earned				If no postsecondary credential earned, current enrollment status
Characteristic	Undergraduate certificate		Associate's or bachelor's degree		Enrolled at a 4-year institution		Enrolled at a less- than-4-year institution		Not enrolled
Total	6.3		14.3		12.5		23.5		43.4
Demographic characteristics
Sex
Male	5.6		14.0		10.8		23.3		46.4
Female	7.1		14.6		14.2		23.7		40.4
Race/ethnicity¹
White	6.1		20.1		14.6		18.3		40.8
Black	4.1	!	8.2		10.3		21.5		55.9
Hispanic	8.5	!	8.0		8.5		33.3		41.7
Asian	‡		8.9	!	18.7		36.6		34.3
Other or Two or more races	5.7		11.8		13.9		18.9		49.5
Highest education attained by either parent
High school credential or lower	8.2		13.7		10.4		24.2		43.5
Certificate or associate's degree	5.1		15.2		9.4		23.1		47.2
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.7		15.7		18.4		24.7		36.5
Family socioeconomic status quintile
Lowest quintile	9.0	!	9.7		8.5		29.3		43.4
Middle three quintiles	5.9		15.5		11.3		22.5		44.8
Highest quintile	3.9	!	17.9		22.9		23.7		31.6
Language student first learned to speak
English only	5.7		15.8		13.4		21.0		44.1
Non-English only	9.8	!	7.2		10.0		33.1		39.9
English and non-English equally	‡		7.9	!	5.0	!	37.2		42.1
Ever had disability or special need²
Yes	4.9		12.7		11.6		24.9		45.9
No	7.3		16.7		14.7		23.5		37.8
High school characteristics
Mathematics achievement quintile
Lowest fifth	7.4		5.3		8.3		20.5		58.6
Middle three-fifths	6.7		15.9		11.0		25.1		41.4
Highest fifth	3.0	!	22.5		26.0		21.1		27.3
Cumulative high school grade point average
Lower than 2.50	6.2		5.2		7.2		23.2		58.2
2.50–2.99	6.3		13.3		11.3		28.2		40.9
3.00–3.49	7.9		26.1		16.0		23.1		26.8
3.50 or higher	5.0	!	34.0		31.0		9.8		20.2
Sector of last high school
Public	5.9		15.2		13.1		24.2		41.6
Private	‡		18.3		25.1		16.5		33.1
High school credential type
Regular high school diploma	5.9		15.6		13.6		24.0		41.0
GED and other high school equivalency	‡		‡		‡		16.0	!	66.9
Postsecondary enrollment characteristics
Control and level of first postsecondary institution³
2-year	4.9		14.6		12.8		24.0		43.7
Public 2-year	4.0		14.2		13.2		24.5		44.1
Less-than-2-year	58.0		‡		‡		‡		33.7	!
State where student attended high school⁴
National (public schools only)	6.2		14.2		12.0		23.7		43.9
California	‡		10.0	!	6.5	!	36.7		40.8
Florida	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
Georgia	20.5	!	17.1	!	‡		11.7	!	45.1
Michigan	5.3		7.1		14.7		29.1		43.7
North Carolina	3.9	!	7.4	!	11.5	!	22.8		54.4
Ohio	‡		9.9	!	‡		25.8		54.8
Pennsylvania	‡		20.3	!	18.1		23.6		34.4
Tennessee	14.9		10.7		8.9	!	13.1		52.4
Texas	‡		7.8		20.7		27.4		40.8
Washington	‡		20.9	!	12.8	!	25.1		38.7
! 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.
¹Black 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.
²This 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.
³First institution is the first known postsecondary institution attended based on postsecondary transcripts.
⁴Base-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.
NOTES: 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. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Because of the timing of this data collection, most students would not yet have completed a bachelor's degree. Completion status is thus only provided for degrees that typically take 2 years or less. This table follows Tables 11 and 12 in the Base year to Second follow-up First Look report: https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2018/2018139.pdf.
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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