TABLE 2

TRENDS IN NEW YORK STATE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES

ENTERING INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION

WITHIN AND OUTSIDE NEW YORK STATE

1990 TO 2006

Category	Entering Postsecondary Education in the Fall of
	1990	1995	2000	2003	2004	2005	2006
Public High School Graduates Percent Entering Institutions Within New York State 4-year Degree-Granting	31.4%	34.6%	36.2%	39.2%	37.5 %	37.7 %	28.3 %
2-year Degree-Granting	28.3	28.4	24.2	26.8	27.5	27.1	24.4
Total Degree-Granting	59.7	63.0	60.4	66.0	65.0	64.8	52.7
Other Postsecondary	2.0	1.6	1.1	0.9	1.0	0.9	0.6
Total Postsecondary Within New York State	61.7%	64.6%	61.5%	66.9%	66.0 %	65.7 %	53.3 %
Percent Entering Institutions Outside New York State 4-year Degree-Granting	13.3%	14.8%	13.9%	13.7%	13.4 %	14.0 %	11.5 %
2-year Degree-Granting	1.1	1.1	0.8	0.9	1.0	1.0	0.8
Total Degree-Granting	14.4	15.9	14.7	14.6	14.4	15.0	12.3
Other Postsecondary	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.3
Total Postsecondary Outside New York State	14.8%	16.4%	15.1%	15.0%	14.9 %	15.5 %	12.6 %
Percent Entering Institutions Within and Outside New York State 4-year Degree-Granting	44.7%	49.4%	50.1%	52.9%	50.9%	51.7%	39.8%
2-year Degree-Granting	29.4	29.5	25.0	27.7	28.5	28.1	25.2
Total Degree-Granting	74.1	78.9	75.1	80.6	79.4	79.8	65.0
Other Postsecondary	2.4	2.1	1.5	1.3	1.5	1.4	0.9
Total Postsecondary Within and Outside New York State	76.5%	81.0%	76.6%	81.9%	80.9 %	81.2 %	65.9 %

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