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Distribution of New York State's Public and Non-Public High School Graduates
by Post-High School Plans, 1969-70 to 2005-06
     Entering Postsecondary
 Education: 		     
Year High School
Graduates

In 
NYS

 Outside
  NYS		 Total Employ-
ment		 Military Other
1969-70 233,297 53.1% 15.5% 68.6% 22.6% 3.5%  5.3%
1970-71 233,637 56.0% 14.7% 70.7% 22.4% 2.8%  4.3%
1971-72 234,328 56.8% 13.9% 70.7% 21.0% 2.3%  5.9%
1972-73 240,052 55.7% 13.5% 69.2% 22.1% 2.2%  6.5%
1973-74 243,174 55.7% 12.4% 68.1% 23.7% 2.1%  6.1%
1974-75 244,888 55.2% 11.4% 66.6% 24.9% 2.3%  6.1%
1975-76 248,120 56.6% 10.7% 67.3% 23.1% 2.8%  6.7%
1976-77 248,758 54.8% 11.1% 65.9% 23.9% 3.0%  7.2%
1977-78 247,015 53.6% 12.2% 65.8% 23.8% 3.3%  7.0%
1978-79 243,924 53.6% 12.6% 66.2% 23.6% 3.2%  6.9%
1979-80 240,054 54.9% 12.6% 67.5% 23.3% 3.2%  5.9%
1980-81 235,937 55.8% 13.2% 69.0% 21.5% 3.3%  6.1%
1981-82 230,232 56.1% 13.3% 69.4% 20.8% 3.7%  6.0%
1982-83 226,856 57.8% 12.5% 70.3% 20.3% 3.9%  5.4%
1983-84 216,082 59.1% 12.7% 71.8% 18.7% 4.3%  5.2%
1984-85 205,901 58.9% 13.7% 72.6% 18.4% 4.2%  4.8%
1985-86 197,595 59.0% 14.4% 73.4% 17.9% 4.1%  4.6%
1986-87 192,593 58.9% 15.1% 74.0% 17.3% 4.1%  4.6%
1987-88 196,112 57.2% 15.9% 73.1% 15.5% 3.7%  3.8%
1988-89 182,720 61.7% 16.2% 77.9% 14.9% 4.0%  3.2%
1989-90 169,568 62.6% 16.1% 78.7% 14.0% 3.1%  4.1%
1990-91 158,517 64.8% 17.2% 82.0% 11.9% 2.9%  3.2%
1991-92 159,771 65.2% 16.8% 82.0% 10.7% 2.7%  4.5%
1992-93 158,354 64.5% 17.4% 81.9% 10.2% 2.6%  5.4%
1993-94 157,654 65.1% 17.8% 82.9% 10.4% 2.3%  4.5%
1994-95 157,086 64.6% 17.9% 82.5% 11.1% 2.4%  4.0%
1995-96 160,487 64.9% 18.5% 83.4%  9.9% 2.4%  4.4%
1996-97 161,916 65.9% 18.1% 84.0%  9.5% 2.5%  3.8%
1997-98 164,347 62.1% 17.8% 79.9%  8.8% 2.3%  9.0%
1998-99 167,122 61.6% 17.0% 78.6%  8.3% 2.2% 10.9%
1999-00 169,355 60.1% 17.2% 77.2%  7.5% 2.1% 11.5%
2000-01 162,700 63.3% 17.2% 80.5%  6.6% 2.3% 10.6%
2001-02 161,502 66.0% 16.6% 82.6% 5.2% 2.1% 10.3%
2002-03 164,999 67.0% 16.5% 83.5% 5.2% 2.0% 9.2%
2003-04 174,910 66.4% 16.2% 82.6% 5.7% 1.9% 9.8%
2004-05 175,097 66.0% 16.9% 82.9% 5.1% 1.5% 10.5%
2005-06 182,938 55.1% 14.5% 69.6% 4.7% 1.3% 24.5%
               
               
               
NOTES

1. These figures represent the plans for the coming fall of high school seniors as reported by school administrators during May of the seniors' graduating year.
2.  Includes both degree and non-degree postsecondary education.  Until 2005-06, NYC distributed missing value cases proportionately among the different category options for post-graduation plans according to the proportion of non-missing.  Beginning in 2005-06, the chart counts missing NYC cases as "Other."
3.  Row totals may not sum to 100 due to rounding.
SOURCE:   Summarized from the series entitled Distribution of High School Graduates and College Going Rate, New York State Office for Information, Reporting and Technology Services.
Table by NYSED Office of Research & Information Systems.   Updated April 2009