Table 4.32
Educational attainment of immigrants, by gender, 1940–2011
| Share of workers (Decennial Census) | Share (CPS) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2000 | 2011 | ||
| Mexican men | ||||||||||
| High school (H.S.) dropouts | 94.6% | 91.2% | 88.3% | 82.6% | 77.2% | 70.4% | 63.0% | 64.6% | 57.0% | |
| H.S. graduates | 3.0 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 11.7 | 14.3 | 19.0 | 25.1 | 22.2 | 28.3 | |
| Some college | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 5.7 | 7.8 | 8.5 | 9.3 | 9.7 | |
| College graduates | 1.4 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 5.1 | |
| Non-Mexican men | ||||||||||
| H.S. dropouts | 84.4% | 76.4% | 64.5% | 45.5% | 30.2% | 21.0% | 17.0% | 18.5% | 14.6% | |
| H.S. graduates | 9.2 | 14.5 | 16.8 | 23.9 | 26.7 | 26.0 | 25.8 | 24.6 | 24.5 | |
| Some college | 2.8 | 4.0 | 8.3 | 11.7 | 15.2 | 21.3 | 20.9 | 19.7 | 19.9 | |
| College graduates | 3.7 | 5.1 | 10.4 | 18.9 | 27.9 | 31.7 | 36.3 | 37.3 | 41.0 | |
| Mexican women | ||||||||||
| H.S. dropouts | 84.5% | 82.4% | 83.9% | 77.3% | 72.9% | 64.7% | 57.0% | 57.3% | 48.5% | |
| H.S. graduates | 12.5 | 10.3 | 11.4 | 16.9 | 17.7 | 21.9 | 26.6 | 24.0 | 28.8 | |
| Some college | 2.1 | 4.4 | 2.7 | 4.5 | 7.0 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 15.2 | |
| College graduates | 0.9 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 7.6 | |
| Non-Mexican women | ||||||||||
| H.S. dropouts | 79.2% | 68.5% | 59.3% | 43.9% | 30.1% | 20.0% | 15.5% | 16.6% | 12.1% | |
| H.S. graduates | 15.8 | 22.3 | 25.5 | 33.7 | 35.2 | 31.1 | 27.6 | 27.1 | 24.7 | |
| Some college | 2.8 | 5.0 | 9.6 | 12.6 | 16.8 | 24.0 | 24.4 | 22.6 | 23.2 | |
| College graduates | 2.2 | 4.2 | 5.7 | 9.9 | 17.9 | 24.9 | 32.6 | 33.7 | 40.0 | |
Source: Borjas and Katz (2005, Table 2) and authors' analysis of Current Population Survey basic monthly microdata
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