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Table 182. College enrollment and enrollment rates of recent high school completers, by sex: 1960 through 2004
[Numbers in thousands]
______ _ _____ ______ _ _____ ______ _ _____ ______ _ _____ ______ _ ____ ______ _ ___ ______ _ ____ ______ _ _____ ______ _ ____ ______
| Number of high school completers\1\ | Enrolled in college\2\
| _____ ______ _ _____ ______ _ _____ ______ | _____ ______ _ ____ ______ _ ___ ______ _ ____ ______ _ _____ ______ _ ____ ______
| | | | Total | Males | Females
| | | | _____ ______ _ ____ ______ | ___ ______ _ ____ ______ | _____ ______ _ ____ ______
Year | Total | Males | Females | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent
______ | _____ ______ | _____ ______ | _____ ______ | _____ ______ | ____ ______ | ___ ______ | ____ ______ | _____ ______ | ____ ______
1 | 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 10
______ | _____ ______ | _____ ______ | _____ ______ | _____ ______ | ____ ______ | ___ ______ | ____ ______ | _____ ______ | ____ ______
1960 ..............
| 1,679 (43.8) | 756 (31.8) | 923 (29.6) | 758 (40.9) | 45.1 (2.13) | 408 (29.5) | 54.0 (3.18) | 350 (28.2) | 37.9 (2.80)
1961 .............
| 1,763 (46.0) | 790 (33.2) | 973 (31.3) | 847 (42.9) | 48.0 (2.09) | 445 (30.8) | 56.3 (3.10) | 402 (29.9) | 41.3 (2.77)
1962 ............
| 1,838 (43.6) | 872 (31.5) | 966 (30.0) | 900 (43.2) | 49.0 (2.05) | 480 (31.1) | 55.0 (2.96) | 420 (30.0) | 43.5 (2.80)
1963 ..............
| 1,741 (44.2) | 794 (32.1) | 947 (30.0) | 784 (41.5) | 45.0 (2.09) | 415 (29.8) | 52.3 (3.11) | 369 (28.8) | 39.0 (2.78)
1964 .............
| 2,145 (43.0) | 997 (31.9) | 1,148 (28.5) | 1,037 (45.6) | 48.3 (1.89) | 570 (32.9) | 57.2 (2.75) | 467 (31.4) | 40.7 (2.54)
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1965 .............
| 2,659 (47.7) | 1,254 (35.1) | 1,405 (32.0) | 1,354 (51.4) | 50.9 (1.70) | 718 (36.7) | 57.3 (2.45) | 636 (35.8) | 45.3 (2.33)
1966 ............
| 2,612 (45.0) | 1,207 (33.8) | 1,405 (29.0) | 1,309 (50.2) | 50.1 (1.72) | 709 (36.0) | 58.7 (2.49) | 600 (34.8) | 42.7 (2.32)
1967 .............
| 2,525 (37.9) | 1,142 (28.4) | 1,383 (24.3) | 1,311 (40.9) | 51.9 (1.42) | 658 (28.9) | 57.6 (2.09) | 653 (28.9) | 47.2 (1.92)
1968 ............
| 2,606 (37.3) | 1,184 (28.2) | 1,422 (23.8) | 1,444 (41.7) | 55.4 (1.39) | 748 (29.6) | 63.2 (2.00) | 696 (29.3) | 48.9 (1.89)
1969 ...........
| 2,842 (36.0) | 1,352 (26.8) | 1,490 (23.7) | 1,516 (42.5) | 53.3 (1.34) | 812 (30.3) | 60.1 (1.90) | 704 (29.7) | 47.2 (1.85)
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1970 .............
| 2,758 (37.4) | 1,343 (26.1) | 1,415 (26.8) | 1,427 (42.2) | 51.7 (1.36) | 741 (29.7) | 55.2 (1.94) | 686 (29.8) | 48.5 (1.90)
1971 ...........
| 2,875 (38.0) | 1,371 (26.6) | 1,504 (27.1) | 1,538 (43.2) | 53.5 (1.33) | 790 (30.3) | 57.6 (1.90) | 749 (30.8) | 49.8 (1.84)
1972 ............
| 2,964 (37.8) | 1,423 (27.0) | 1,542 (26.4) | 1,459 (43.1) | 49.2 (1.31) | 750 (30.4) | 52.7 (1.89) | 709 (30.5) | 46.0 (1.81)
1973 .............
| 3,058 (37.1) | 1,460 (27.6) | 1,599 (24.6) | 1,424 (43.0) | 46.6 (1.29) | 730 (30.6) | 50.0 (1.87) | 694 (30.2) | 43.4 (1.77)
1974 .............
| 3,101 (38.6) | 1,491 (27.8) | 1,611 (26.8) | 1,475 (43.7) | 47.6 (1.28) | 736 (30.8) | 49.4 (1.85) | 740 (31.1) | 45.9 (1.77)
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1975 ................
| 3,185 (38.6) | 1,513 (27.3) | 1,672 (27.2) | 1,615 (44.8) | 50.7 (1.26) | 796 (31.2) | 52.6 (1.83) | 818 (32.1) | 49.0 (1.75)
1976 ...............
| 2,986 (39.8) | 1,451 (28.9) | 1,535 (27.3) | 1,458 (43.6) | 48.8 (1.31) | 685 (30.4) | 47.2 (1.87) | 773 (31.2) | 50.3 (1.82)
1977 ..............
| 3,141 (40.7) | 1,483 (29.7) | 1,659 (27.7) | 1,590 (45.4) | 50.6 (1.29) | 773 (31.8) | 52.1 (1.87) | 817 (32.4) | 49.3 (1.77)
1978 ...............
| 3,163 (39.7) | 1,485 (29.3) | 1,677 (26.7) | 1,585 (45.2) | 50.1 (1.28) | 759 (31.6) | 51.1 (1.87) | 827 (32.4) | 49.3 (1.76)
1979 ...............
| 3,160 (40.0) | 1,475 (29.2) | 1,685 (27.2) | 1,559 (45.1) | 49.3 (1.28) | 744 (31.4) | 50.4 (1.88) | 815 (32.4) | 48.4 (1.76)
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1980 ...............
| 3,088 (39.4) | 1,498 (28.4) | 1,589 (27.3) | 1,523 (44.6) | 49.3 (1.30) | 700 (30.9) | 46.7 (1.86) | 823 (32.0) | 51.8 (1.81)
1981 ..............
| 3,056 (42.2) | 1,491 (30.4) | 1,565 (29.1) | 1,648 (45.8) | 53.9 (1.30) | 817 (32.4) | 54.8 (1.86) | 831 (32.4) | 53.1 (1.82)
1982 ............
| 3,100 (40.4) | 1,509 (29.0) | 1,592 (28.2) | 1,569 (46.9) | 50.6 (1.36) | 741 (32.7) | 49.1 (1.95) | 828 (33.6) | 52.0 (1.90)
1983 .............
| 2,963 (41.6) | 1,389 (30.4) | 1,573 (28.2) | 1,562 (46.7) | 52.7 (1.39) | 721 (32.3) | 51.9 (2.03) | 841 (33.6) | 53.4 (1.91)
1984 .............
| 3,012 (36.5) | 1,429 (28.7) | 1,584 (21.9) | 1,663 (46.0) | 55.2 (1.37) | 801 (32.7) | 56.0 (1.99) | 862 (32.3) | 54.5 (1.90)
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1985 ............
| 2,668 (40.1) | 1,287 (28.7) | 1,381 (27.9) | 1,540 (45.1) | 57.7 (1.45) | 755 (31.6) | 58.6 (2.08) | 785 (32.1) | 56.8 (2.02)
1986 ................
| 2,786 (38.6) | 1,332 (28.5) | 1,454 (26.0) | 1,498 (45.0) | 53.8 (1.43) | 743 (31.7) | 55.8 (2.06) | 755 (31.9) | 51.9 (1.99)
1987 ...............
| 2,647 (40.9) | 1,278 (29.8) | 1,369 (28.0) | 1,503 (45.1) | 56.8 (1.46) | 746 (31.9) | 58.3 (2.09) | 757 (31.9) | 55.3 (2.04)
1988 ..............
| 2,673 (47.0) | 1,334 (34.1) | 1,339 (32.3) | 1,575 (50.3) | 58.9 (1.57) | 761 (35.6) | 57.1 (2.24) | 814 (35.4) | 60.7 (2.20)

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1989 ..............
| 2,450 (46.5) | 1,204 (32.9) | 1,246 (32.8) | 1,460 (48.7) | 59.6 (1.64) | 693 (34.0) | 57.6 (2.35) | 767 (34.8) | 61.6 (2.27)

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1990 ......
| 2,362 (43.0) | 1,173 (30.6) | 1,189 (30.2) | 1,420 (45.9) | 60.1 (1.60) | 680 (32.2) | 58.0 (2.29) | 740 (32.6) | 62.2 (2.24)
1991 ......
| 2,276 (41.0) | 1,140 (29.0) | 1,136 (29.0) | 1,423 (44.8) | 62.5 (1.62) | 660 (31.4) | 57.9 (2.33) | 763 (31.9) | 67.1 (2.22)
1992 ......
| 2,397 (40.4) | 1,216 (29.1) | 1,180 (28.1) | 1,483 (45.4) | 61.9 (1.58) | 729 (32.3) | 60.0 (2.24) | 754 (31.8) | 63.8 (2.23)
1993 ......
| 2,342 (41.4) | 1,120 (30.6) | 1,223 (27.7) | 1,467 (45.4) | 62.6 (1.59) | 670 (31.9) | 59.9 (2.33) | 797 (32.1) | 65.2 (2.17)
1994 ......
| 2,517 (38.1) | 1,244 (27.9) | 1,273 (25.9) | 1,559 (43.0) | 61.9 (1.43) | 754 (30.6) | 60.6 (2.05) | 805 (30.2) | 63.2 (1.99)
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1995 ......
| 2,599 (40.9) | 1,238 (29.9) | 1,361 (27.7) | 1,610 (44.5) | 61.9 (1.41) | 775 (31.3) | 62.6 (2.03) | 835 (31.5) | 61.3 (1.95)
1996 ......
| 2,660 (40.5) | 1,297 (29.5) | 1,363 (27.7) | 1,729 (46.1) | 65.0 (1.42) | 779 (32.4) | 60.1 (2.09) | 950 (32.5) | 69.7 (1.92)
1997 ......
| 2,769 (41.8) | 1,354 (31.0) | 1,415 (27.9) | 1,856 (47.3) | 67.0 (1.38) | 860 (33.6) | 63.6 (2.01) | 995 (32.9) | 70.3 (1.87)
1998 ......
| 2,810 (43.9) | 1,452 (31.0) | 1,358 (31.0) | 1,844 (48.3) | 65.6 (1.38) | 906 (34.4) | 62.4 (1.96) | 938 (33.9) | 69.1 (1.93)
1999 ......
| 2,897 (41.5) | 1,474 (29.9) | 1,423 (28.8) | 1,822 (47.8) | 62.9 (1.38) | 905 (34.1) | 61.4 (1.95) | 917 (33.4) | 64.4 (1.95)
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2000 ......
| 2,756 (45.3) | 1,251 (33.6) | 1,505 (29.7) | 1,745 (48.4) | 63.3 (1.41) | 749 (33.4) | 59.9 (2.13) | 996 (34.4) | 66.2 (1.88)
2001 ......
| 2,549 (46.5) | 1,277 (33.7) | 1,273 (32.0) | 1,574 (47.5) | 61.8 (1.48) | 767 (33.7) | 60.1 (2.11) | 808 (33.3) | 63.5 (2.08)
2002 ......
| 2,796 (42.7) | 1,412 (31.3) | 1,384 (29.0) | 1,824 (46.1) | 65.2 (1.31) | 877 (33.0) | 62.1 (1.88) | 947 (32.1) | 68.4 (1.82)
2003 ......
| 2,677 (42.2) | 1,306 (29.9) | 1,372 (29.7) | 1,711 (45.2) | 63.9 (1.35) | 799 (31.5) | 61.2 (1.97) | 913 (32.3) | 66.5 (1.86)
2004 ......
| 2,752 (40.0) | 1,327 (29.1) | 1,425 (27.3) | 1,835 (44.9) | 66.7 (1.31) | 815 (31.5) | 61.4 (1.95) | 1,020 (31.6) | 71.5 (1.74)
______ | ___________ | _____ ______ | _____ ______ | _____ ______ | ____ ______ | ___ ______ | ____ ______ | _____ ______ | ____ ______
\1\Individuals ages 16 to 24 who graduated from high school or completed a GED during the preceding 12 months.
\2\Enrollment in college as of October of each year for individuals ages 16 to 24 who completed high school
during the preceding 12 months.
NOTE: Data are based upon sample surveys of the civilian population. High school completion data in this table
differ from figures appearing in other tables because of varying survey procedures and coverage. High school
completers include GED recipients. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Standard errors
appear in parentheses. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: American College Testing Program, unpublished tabulations, derived from statistics collected by the
Census Bureau, 1960 through 1969. U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), October 1970
through October 2004, unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared September 2005.)

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