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Plans of High School Graduates: Class of 2002
Table 1. Plans of High School Graduates: Class of 2002
| Number of Graduates | Public College | Private College | Other Post-Secondary | Military | Work | Other | Data Not Available | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2-Year | 4-Year | 2-Year | 4-Year | |||||||
| Total | 56,930 | 17.8 | 23.0 | 2.6 | 29.4 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 12.8 | 1.0 | 9.4 |
| Gender | ||||||||||
| Male | 28,000 | 16.8 | 21.0 | 2.5 | 26.2 | 1.9 | 3.8 | 16.5 | 1.1 | 10.3 |
| Female | 28,930 | 18.9 | 25.0 | 2.7 | 32.5 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 9.2 | 1.0 | 8.4 |
| Racial/Ethnic Group | ||||||||||
| African-American | 4,645 | 22.8 | 15.3 | 4.8 | 21.1 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 11.2 | 1.0 | 20.6 |
| Asian | 2,839 | 17.7 | 22.3 | 2.0 | 37.0 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 6.2 | 0.7 | 11.0 |
| Hispanic | 4,169 | 26.2 | 10.1 | 6.0 | 12.1 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 18.1 | 2.0 | 20.4 |
| Native American | 154 | 22.8 | 14.9 | 3.9 | 18.2 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 22.1 | 2.0 | 11.7 |
| White | 45,123 | 16.6 | 25.0 | 2.1 | 31.4 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 12.8 | 1.0 | 7.1 |
Note: Some percentages may not sum to 100 due to rounding.
Figure 1. Plans of 2002 High School Graduates*
Of the total number of graduates:
- 73% planned to attend college
- Private four-year college - 29%
- Public four-year college - 23%
- Public two-year college - 18%
- Private two-year college - 3%
- 13% planned to work
- 2% planned to enter the military
- 2% planned to attend other post-secondary schools
