Young adults with a college degree are disproportionately women, white, or Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI): Shares by gender and by race/ethnicity of the overall 21- to 24-year-old population and of 21- to 24-year-olds with bachelor's degrees, 2018

Men  Women White  Black  Hispanic  AAPI Other 
All 21- to 24-year-olds 49.9% 50.1%
21- to 24-year-olds with B.A. 42.7% 57.3%
All 21- to 24-year-olds 54.7% 14.3% 21.5% 6.3% 3.2% 
21- to 24-year-olds with B.A. 66.7% 9.1% 10.9% 11.2% 2.1%

 

Note: The 2018 analysis here uses the average of the most recent 36 months, March 2015–February 2018.

Source: EPI analysis of Current Population Survey basic monthly microdata from the U.S. Census Bureau

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