Educational attainment of U.S. workers by race and ethnicity, 2000 and 2018

Race/ethnicity Less than high school High school  Some college  Bachelor’s degree Advanced degree
White 9.1% 31.4% 29.8% 20.1% 9.7%
Black 13.3% 36.2% 32.1% 13.1% 5.3%
Hispanic 37.9% 29.8% 21.4% 8.0% 3.0%
White 4.7% 24.2% 28.7% 27.3% 15.2%
Black 6.6% 30.4% 33.9% 18.9% 10.2%
Hispanic 22.7% 32.1% 26.3% 13.5% 5.4%

Source: Economic Policy Institute, State of Working America Data Library, “Wages by Education,” 2019

View the underlying data on epi.org.