TABLE 1

TRENDS IN COLLEGE-GOING RATE

NEW YORK STATE

1990 TO 2006

Category	Entering Postsecondary Education in the Fall of
	1990	1995	2000	2003	2004	2005	2006
Percent of Public High School Graduates Entering Degree-Granting Institutions 4-year 2-year Total Other Postsecondary Total Postsecondary Percent of Nonpublic High School Graduates Entering Degree-Granting Institutions 4-year 2-year Total Other Postsecondary Total Postsecondary Percent of Public and Nonpublic High School Graduates Entering Degree-Granting Institutions 4-year 2-year Total Other Postsecondary Total Postsecondary	44.7% 29.4 74.1 2.5 76.6% 70.9% 14.3 85.2 5.3 90.5% 48.7% 27.1 75.8 2.9 78.7%	49.4% 29.5 78.9 2.1 81.0% 73.0% 12.7 85.7 6.1 91.8% 53.0% 26.8 79.8 2.7 82.5%	50.1% 25.0 75.1 1.5 76.6% 72.0% 11.7 83.7 7.9 91.6% 53.4% 23.1 76.5 2.4 78.9%	52.9% 27.7 80.6 1.3 81.9% 77.6% 11.2 88.8 5.9 94.7% 56.0% 25.6 81.6 1.9 83.5%	50.9% 28.5 79.4 1.5 80.9% 78.8% 11.2 90.0 5.2 95.2% 54.4% 26.3 80.7 1.9 82.6%	51.7% 28.1 79.8 1.4 81.2% 77.7% 11.0 88.7 6.3 95.0% 55.0% 25.9 80.9 2.0 82.9%	39.8% 25.2 65.0 0.9 65.9% 79.9% 10.8 90.7 5.7 96.4% 44.5% 23.6 68.1 1.5 69.6%

Note: The majority of New York City public graduates are reported as “Other”, a category which is not included in this table.