Table 9
Percent Of Public High School Graduates
Entering Postsecondary Education
By Type Of Institution
New York State
1980 Through 2008
Prior Year Graduates Entering Postsecondary Education in Fall: |
Degree-Granting Institutions |
Other Postsecondary a/ |
All Institutions |
|
4-Year |
2-Year |
|||
2008 |
48% |
30% |
1% |
79% |
a/ Other postsecondary institutions are nondegree-granting
business, trade and other institutions offering instruction beyond the high
school level.
Between 1998 and 2005, New York City employed a different method for determining
the distribution of graduates entering postsecondary education for those who
did not declare their intentions. Rather than prorating the non-respondents
across all possible postgraduation categories, they were removed from the distribution
going on to postsecondary education.
For 2006, the majority of New York City public graduates are reported as “Other”,
a category not represented in this table