Most young college graduates are working: Employment and enrollment outcomes of young college graduates (ages 21–24), by gender and race/ethnicity, 2019

Employed only Enrolled and employed Enrolled only Idled
Women 64.5% 13.4% 12.9% 9.2%
Men 65.9% 10.8% 13.3% 10.0%
White 68.9% 12.1% 10.7% 8.2%
Black 61.2% 14.8% 12.4% 11.6%
Hispanic 65.2% 12.1% 11.6% 11.2%
AAPI 48.5% 11.3% 26.9% 13.3%

Notes: AAPI stands for Asian American/Pacific Islander. “Idled” refers to those who are neither employed nor enrolled in further schooling. The 2019 analysis here pools the most recent 36 months of data, April 2016–March 2019. Data sample includes only those college graduates ages 21–24 who have not attained an advanced degree.

Source: EPI analysis of Current Population Survey basic monthly microdata from the U.S. Census Bureau (EPI 2019a)

View the underlying data on epi.org.