Title page
Contents
Acknowledgments 4
Introduction 8
Selected Findings 11
Appendix A-Estimate and Standard Error Tables 13
Appendix B-HSLS:09 PEAR Technical Notes and References 35
Appendix C-Glossary of Variables 44
Table A-1. CHARACTERISTICS OF COHORT MEMBERS WHO EVER ENROLLED IN POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION: Percentage distribution of fall 2009... 14
Table A-2. CREDENTIALS EARNED: Among fall 2009 ninth-graders who ever enrolled in postsecondary education, percentage distribution of highest... 15
Table A-3. STEM DEGREES EARNED: Among fall 2009 ninth-graders who had completed a postsecondary degree or certificate, percentage whose highest... 16
Table A-4. PERSISTENCE AND ATTAINMENT: Among fall 2009 ninth-graders who ever enrolled in a postsecondary credential or degree program,... 18
Table A-5. FIRST ENTRY INTO POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION: Among fall 2009 ninth-graders who ever enrolled in a postsecondary credential or degree program,... 20
Table A-6. PATHWAYS IN POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION: Among fall 2009 ninth-graders who ever enrolled in a postsecondary credential or degree program,... 22
Table A-7. GRADUATE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND ATTAINMENT: Among fall 2009 ninth-graders who ever enrolled in postsecondary education,... 24
Table A-8. UNDERGRADUATE FEDERAL FINANCIAL AID RECEIPT: Among fall 2009 ninth-graders who ever enrolled in postsecondary education,... 25
Table AS-1. Standard errors for Table A-1: CHARACTERISTICS OF COHORT MEMBERS WHO EVER ENROLLED IN POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION:... 26
Table AS-2. Standard errors for Table A-2: CREDENTIALS EARNED: Among fall 2009 ninth-graders who ever enrolled in postsecondary education,... 27
Table AS-3. Standard errors for Table A-3: STEM DEGREES EARNED: Among fall 2009 ninth-graders who had completed a postsecondary degree or certificate,... 28
Table AS-4. Standard errors for Table A-4: PERSISTENCE AND ATTAINMENT: Among fall 2009 ninth-graders who ever enrolled in a postsecondary... 29
Table AS-5. Standard errors for Table A-5: FIRST ENTRY INTO POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION: Among fall 2009 ninth-graders who ever enrolled... 30
Table AS-6. Standard errors for Table A-6: PATHWAYS IN POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION: Among fall 2009 ninth-graders who ever enrolled... 32
Table AS-7. Standard errors for Table A-7: GRADUATE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND ATTAINMENT: Among fall 2009 ninth-graders who ever enrolled... 33
Table AS-8. Standard errors for Table A-8: UNDERGRADUATE FEDERAL FINANCIAL AID RECEIPT: Among fall 2009 ninth-graders who ever enrolled... 34
Table B-1. Summary of HSLS:09 response rates by data collection round and instrument 39