TABLE 2
TRENDS IN
ENTERING INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
WITHIN AND OUTSIDE
1990 TO 2006
|
Category |
Entering Postsecondary Education in the Fall of |
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|
|
1990 |
1995 |
2000 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
|
Public and Nonpublic High School Graduates Percent Entering
Institutions Within 4-year Degree-Granting |
34.1% |
36.8% |
38.0% |
41.1% |
39.8
% |
39.7
% |
31.3
% |
|
2-year Degree-Granting |
26.1 |
25.8 |
22.1 |
24.7 |
25.3 |
25.0 |
22.8 |
|
Total Degree-Granting |
60.2 |
62.6 |
60.1 |
65.8 |
65.1 |
64.7 |
54.1 |
|
Other Postsecondary |
2.4 |
2.0 |
1.7 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
1.0 |
|
Total
Postsecondary Within |
62.6% |
64.6% |
61.8% |
67.0% |
66.4
% |
66.0
% |
55.1
% |
|
Percent
Entering Institutions Outside
4-year
Degree-Granting |
14.6% |
16.2% |
15.4% |
14.9% |
14.6
% |
15.3
% |
13.2
% |
|
2-year Degree-Granting |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
0.9 |
1.0 |
0.9 |
0.8 |
|
Total Degree-Granting |
15.6 |
17.2 |
16.4 |
15.8 |
15.6 |
16.2 |
14.0 |
|
Other Postsecondary |
0.5 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
0.5 |
|
Total Postsecondary Outside |
16.1% |
17.9% |
17.1% |
16.5% |
16.2
% |
16.9
% |
14.5
% |
|
Percent Entering Institutions
Within and Outside
4-year Degree-Granting |
48.7% |
53.0% |
53.4% |
56.0% |
54.4% |
55.0% |
44.5% |
|
2-year Degree-Granting |
27.1 |
26.8 |
23.1 |
25.6 |
26.3 |
25.9 |
23.6 |
|
Total Degree-Granting |
75.8 |
79.8 |
76.5 |
81.6 |
80.7 |
80.9 |
68.1 |
|
Other Postsecondary |
2.9 |
2.7 |
2.4 |
1.9 |
1.9 |
2.0 |
1.5 |
|
Total Postsecondary Within and Outside |
78.7% |
82.5% |
78.9% |
83.5% |
82.6% |
82.9% |
69.6% |
Note: The majority of