Table 1

Summary Statistics of Individual Characteristics, NLS-72

	High School Graduates	College Entrants^*	College Graduates^{^†}	Health Professionals^{^‡}
Proportion
Female	0.518	0.504	0.491	0.404
Male	0.482	0.496	0.509	0.596
White	0.824	0.850	0.884	0.917
Black	0.111	0.090	0.072	0.041
Hispanic	0.041	0.036	0.021	0.016
Asian	0.012	0.019	0.020	0.026
Other	0.012	0.005	0.003	0.000
Dad is high school graduate	0.717	0.785	0.826	0.850
Dad is college graduate	0.188	0.288	0.351	0.451
Mom is high school graduate	0.729	0.823	0.866	0.902
Mom is college graduate	0.107	0.168	0.211	0.295
Enroll in college	0.509	1.000	1.000	1.000
Two-year	0.093	0.182	0.080	0.047
HBCU	0.012	0.024	0.027	0.016
Four-year, level unknown	0.074	0.145	0.051	0.000
Four-year, Level 5 (highest)	0.046	0.090	0.127	0.218
Four-year, Level 4	0.070	0.137	0.183	0.254
Four-year, Level 3	0.148	0.282	0.369	0.316
Four-year, Level 2 (lowest)	0.073	0.130	0.152	0.135
Four-year, Level 1 (special)	0.006	0.011	0.011	0.016
Complete college degree	0.299	0.586	1.000	1.000
Become health professional	0.015	0.029	0.050	1.000
From rural community	0.206	0.155	0.151	0.077
Average SAT Score	824	917	976	1094
(Standard deviation)	(217)	(206)	(194)	(177)
N	13,014	6,629	3,885	193

↵* Refers to individuals enrolling in nonvocational two-year or any four-year colleges or universities.
↵† Refers to individuals receiving a baccalaureate degree from any four-year colleges or universities.
↵‡ Refers to individuals with postbaccalaureate degree who choose an occupation in the health professions.
Note: Proportion refers to the group indicated by the column heading. Categories may not sum to one due to rounding or nonexhaustive category choice.
Source: Authors’ calculations using NLS-72.