Table 3

Summary Statistics of Analysis Variables for Included and Excluded Observations Among Texas College Graduates

	UT-Austin		TAMU College Station		Other Nonflagship		Community College
	Excluded	Included	Excluded	Included	Excluded	Included	Excluded	Included
TAAS math score	56.19	56.08	55.64	55.43	53.13	52.83	48.59	48.51
TAAS reading score	45.17	45.02	44.90	44.62	43.28	43.03	39.66	39.67
TAAS writing score	37.18	37.05	36.64	36.39	35.20	35.00	32.08	32.14
Math rank
Top 10 percent	51.00	51.22	46.82	45.31	29.30	27.15	17.19	15.34
70th–90th percentile	31.42	31.33	34.15	33.40	33.37	32.93	27.29	27.24
Below 70th percentile	17.58	17.44	19.04	21.29	37.33	39.91	55.52	57.41
Reading rank
Top 10 percent	45.96	43.40	43.37	39.21	28.54	25.16	16.32	13.81
70th–90th percentile	30.99	31.86	33.18	33.63	31.47	31.01	24.55	25.42
Below 70th percentile	23.04	24.74	23.45	27.16	39.99	43.83	59.14	60.77
Writing rank
Top 10 percent	42.28	40.55	37.11	34.18	24.33	21.91	13.33	12.56
70th–90th percentile	32.07	32.78	32.15	32.88	29.30	29.72	23.24	23.25
Below 70th percentile	25.65	26.66	30.74	32.93	46.36	48.37	63.43	64.20
Ethnic
White	68.36	68.82	87.98	88.59	67.34	67.03	59.43	60.68
Hispanic	9.90	12.36	6.72	7.14	18.55	19.46	28.60	29.56
African American	1.98	2.56	1.60	1.50	6.91	8.33	7.46	6.40
Asian	19.51	16.01	3.47	2.58	6.97	4.99	3.25	2.02
Gifted (yes)	43.46	42.39	36.65	32.84	1.14	18.55	8.61	7.90
At risk (yes)	4.45	4.74	4.35	5.03	14.11	14.89	32.36	32.28
Economic status (not disadvantaged)	95.75	93.77	96.97	96.69	87.60	87.08	75.93	77.05
Predicted log earnings	0.181	0.167	0.255	0.248	−0.018	−0.023	−0.124	−0.168
Observations	5,598	9,837	4,759	13,436	14,511	47,935	5,733	22,863
Observations included (percentage)		63.73		73.84		76.76		79.98

Notes: Observations are excluded if they never have three to four consecutive quarters of earnings in Texas when not enrolled in graduate school. This could occur because one does not work, because one leaves the state, or because one is enrolled in graduate school during all periods of observation.