Figure A (test)
Fewer than 20 percent of young people have a college degree: Share of 21- to 24-year-olds with a given level of education, overall and by gender and race/ethnicity, 2018
Less than high school | High school | Some college | Bachelor’s degree | Advanced degree | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All | 7.1% | 29.4% | 43.3% | 18.6% | 1.7% |
Women | 6.1% | 25.4% | 45.0% | 21.3% | 2.1% |
Men | 8.1% | 33.3% | 41.5% | 15.8% | 1.3% |
White | 5.1% | 27.0% | 43.4% | 22.6% | 1.9% |
Black | 7.6% | 35.0% | 44.4% | 12.3% | 0.8% |
Hispanic | 12.6% | 35.2% | 42.2% | 9.3% | 0.7% |
AAPI | 3.7% | 15.0% | 44.1% | 31.8% | 5.4% |
Note: AAPI stands for Asian American/Pacific Islander. 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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