The primary objective for attending a Los Rios college did not vary much by gender. There is a significant relationship between students' primary objective and ethnicity. Slightly more minority students of each ethnic group except Native Americans attended their Los Rios college with transfer as their primary objective than did white students, as indicated by Chart 1. Slightly more than half of all respondents to the 1995 survey majored in occupational education programs. This holds true across all ethnic groups with the exception of Latinos.
More older students tend to major in occupational education programs than do younger students.
Moreover, only one-third of the respondents were 24 years of age or younger. As might be expected, there is a significant relationship between the primary objective for enrollment and program of study. Significantly more occupational education majors enrolled for career and job-related reasons than did general program majors. Similarly, students who selected general programs as their major tended to also select transfer to a four-year college or university as their primary objective. There is a significant relationship between program completion and age.