Table 1
Educational attainment of non-Hispanic white women and men (1979–1999 and 2000–2017) and of Hispanic women and men by nativity and national origin (1994–1999 and 2000–2017): Average percent shares at each education level and percentage-point changes in shares across time periods
| All | Men | Women | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average share (1979–1999) | Average share (2000–2017) | Change (ppt.) | Average share (1979–1999) | Average share (2000–2017) | Change (ppt.) | Average share (1979–1999) | Average share (2000–2017) | Change (ppt.) | |
| White, non-Hispanic | |||||||||
| Less than high school | 10.2% | 4.2% | -6.0 | 11.6% | 5.1% | -6.5 | 8.0% | 3.1% | -5.0 |
| High school | 37.3 | 28.4 | -8.9 | 36.0 | 30.3 | -5.7 | 39.3 | 25.9 | -13.4 |
| Some college | 25.6 | 29.2 | 3.6 | 24.7 | 28.0 | 3.4 | 26.9 | 30.7 | 3.8 |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher | 27.0 | 38.2 | 11.3 | 27.7 | 36.6 | 8.8 | 25.8 | 40.3 | 14.5 |
| All Hispanic | |||||||||
| Less than high school | 39.6 | 30.8 | -8.8 | 44.4 | 35.7 | -8.6 | 31.2 | 22.6 | -8.6 |
| High school | 30.8 | 31.5 | 0.7 | 28.8 | 32.0 | 3.2 | 34.3 | 30.7 | -3.6 |
| Some college | 19.4 | 22.5 | 3.2 | 17.5 | 19.6 | 2.1 | 22.7 | 27.5 | 4.8 |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher | 10.3 | 15.2 | 4.9 | 9.4 | 12.7 | 3.3 | 11.8 | 19.3 | 7.4 |
| Average share (1994–1999) | Average share (2000–2017) | Change (ppt.) | Average share (1994–1999) | Average share (2000–2017) | Change (ppt.) | Average share (1994–1999) | Average share (2000–2017) | Change (ppt.) | |
| All Hispanic, U.S.-born | |||||||||
| Less than high school | 19.4% | 12.9% | -6.5 | 22.4% | 15.0% | -7.3 | 15.4% | 10.2% | -5.1 |
| High school | 36.6 | 34.7 | -1.8 | 36.2 | 37.0 | 0.8 | 37.1 | 31.9 | -5.2 |
| Some college | 30.3 | 32.6 | 2.3 | 28.7 | 30.5 | 1.8 | 32.5 | 35.2 | 2.7 |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher | 13.7 | 19.8 | 6.1 | 12.8 | 17.5 | 4.7 | 15.1 | 22.7 | 7.7 |
| All Hispanic, foreign-born | |||||||||
| Less than high school | 52.7 | 46.2 | -6.5 | 56.3 | 50.2 | -6.1 | 44.7 | 37.5 | -7.2 |
| High school | 24.7 | 28.9 | 4.2 | 24.0 | 28.6 | 4.7 | 26.3 | 29.4 | 3.2 |
| Some college | 14.2 | 13.9 | -0.3 | 12.4 | 11.9 | -0.4 | 18.2 | 18.1 | -0.1 |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher | 8.5 | 11.1 | 2.6 | 7.4 | 9.3 | 1.8 | 10.8 | 15.0 | 4.2 |
| Mexican American | |||||||||
| Less than high school | 43.7 | 36.1 | -7.6 | 48.6 | 41.1 | -7.5 | 34.0 | 26.8 | -7.2 |
| High school | 29.3 | 32.1 | 2.7 | 27.9 | 32.2 | 4.3 | 32.2 | 31.9 | -0.4 |
| Some college | 19.4 | 20.9 | 1.5 | 17.0 | 17.8 | 0.8 | 24.2 | 26.8 | 2.6 |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher | 7.5 | 10.9 | 3.4 | 6.5 | 8.9 | 2.4 | 9.5 | 14.5 | 4.9 |
| Puerto Rican | |||||||||
| Less than high school | 22.1 | 13.4 | -8.7 | 25.8 | 16.3 | -9.5 | 17.0 | 10.1 | -7.0 |
| High school | 35.4 | 34.1 | -1.3 | 36.0 | 36.5 | 0.5 | 34.6 | 31.2 | -3.3 |
| Some college | 28.5 | 30.8 | 2.2 | 25.2 | 28.3 | 3.0 | 33.1 | 33.7 | 0.6 |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher | 13.9 | 21.7 | 7.8 | 12.9 | 18.9 | 6.0 | 15.3 | 25.0 | 9.7 |
| Cuban American | |||||||||
| Less than high school | 14.8 | 9.3 | -5.5 | 17.2 | 11.3 | -5.9 | 11.3 | 6.7 | -4.6 |
| High school | 29.0 | 32.9 | 3.8 | 28.4 | 34.6 | 6.3 | 29.8 | 30.6 | 0.7 |
| Some college | 28.1 | 25.2 | -2.9 | 27.8 | 24.1 | -3.7 | 28.5 | 26.7 | -1.8 |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher | 28.1 | 32.6 | 4.5 | 26.6 | 29.9 | 3.3 | 30.3 | 36.0 | 5.7 |
Note: The population is U.S. full-time workers ages 18–64.
Source: EPI analysis of Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group microdata from the U.S. Census Bureau
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