Table 1
Highest degree earned, by age and demographic, 2016*
| Age 17–24 | Age 24–29 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | Men | Women | White | Black | Hispanic | All | Men | Women | White | Black | Hispanic | |
| Less than high school | 24.9% | 26.2% | 23.5% | 23.2% | 25.7% | 29.5% | 8.5% | 9.4% | 7.7% | 4.7% | 8.5% | 20.5% |
| High school | 28.5% | 31.0% | 26.1% | 26.8% | 33.1% | 32.6% | 26.5% | 30.0% | 22.9% | 23.4% | 34.4% | 33.4% |
| Some college | 36.5% | 34.4% | 38.7% | 37.6% | 34.9% | 33.1% | 30.8% | 29.8% | 31.8% | 31.0% | 36.0% | 29.8% |
| Bachelor’s degree | 9.3% | 7.9% | 10.8% | 11.5% | 5.8% | 4.6% | 26.4% | 24.6% | 28.2% | 32.0% | 16.9% | 13.1% |
| Advanced degree | 0.8% | 0.6% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 7.8% | 6.2% | 9.4% | 8.9% | 4.2% | 3.2% |
* Data reflect 12-month moving average as of February 2016.
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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