Table 1
Highest degree earned, by age and demographic, 2017*
| Age 17–24 | Age 24–29 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | Men | Women | White | Black | Hispanic | All | Men | Women | White | Black | Hispanic | |
| Less than high school | 24.7% | 26.2% | 23.2% | 22.8% | 26.6% | 29.2% | 7.8% | 8.6% | 6.9% | 4.6% | 8.0% | 17.7% |
| High school | 28.4% | 31.1% | 25.6% | 27.1% | 32.1% | 32.0% | 26.9% | 30.6% | 23.2% | 24.2% | 34.1% | 33.5% |
| Some college | 36.6% | 34.1% | 39.1% | 37.7% | 34.7% | 33.7% | 30.4% | 29.2% | 31.5% | 30.1% | 34.8% | 30.2% |
| Bachelor’s degree | 9.4% | 7.9% | 11.0% | 11.4% | 6.3% | 4.6% | 26.8% | 25.0% | 28.6% | 32.0% | 18.3% | 14.8% |
| Advanced degree | 0.9% | 0.7% | 1.1% | 0.9% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 8.2% | 6.6% | 9.7% | 9.0% | 4.8% | 3.8% |
* Data reflect 12-month moving average as of February 2017.
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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