Table 1
Highest degree earned, by age and demographic, 2015*
| Age 17–24 | Age 24–29 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | Men | Women | White | Black | Hispanic | All | Men | Women | White | Black | Hispanic | |
| Less than high school | 24.8% | 26.1% | 23.5% | 22.5% | 26.6% | 30.9% | 8.9% | 9.7% | 8.0% | 4.6% | 9.2% | 21.6% |
| High school | 27.9% | 30.1% | 25.7% | 26.1% | 32.2% | 32.1% | 26.4% | 29.9% | 22.9% | 23.8% | 33.0% | 32.5% |
| Some college | 37.6% | 35.8% | 39.5% | 39.2% | 35.9% | 32.9% | 30.7% | 29.4% | 32.0% | 30.4% | 36.7% | 29.9% |
| Bachelor’s degree | 9.0% | 7.5% | 10.5% | 11.5% | 4.9% | 3.8% | 26.6% | 24.6% | 28.5% | 32.5% | 17.2% | 13.3% |
| Advanced degree | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 7.5% | 6.4% | 8.5% | 8.6% | 4.0% | 2.8% |
* Data reflect 12-month moving average as of March 2015.
Note: Race/ethnicity categories are mutually exclusive (i.e., white non-Hispanic, black non-Hispanic, and Hispanic any race).
Source: EPI analysis of basic monthly Current Population Survey microdata
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