Table 104.60.

Number of persons 25 to 34 years old, percentage with a bachelor's or higher degree, and percentage distribution, by undergraduate field of study and selected student characteristics: 2012

[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Sex, race/ethnicity, nativity, and citizenship status	Total population ages 25 to 34 (in thousands)		Percent of population with bachelor's or higher degree			Percentage distribution of bachelor's degree holders
						Total, all fields		Bachelor's degree in a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) field																										Bachelor's degree in a non-STEM field
								STEM total		Agri- culture/ natural resources			Architec- ture			Computer and information sciences			Engineering/ engineering technologies			Biology/ biomedical sciences			Math- ematics/ statistics			Physical/ social sciences			Health studies			Non-STEM total		Business			Education			All other fields of study
1	2		3			4		5		6			7			8			9			10			11			12			13			14		15			16			17
Total1	42,012	(32.5)	32.4		(0.12)	100.0	(†)	38.6	(0.15)	1.2		(0.04)	0.7		(0.03)	4.1		(0.09)	7.7		(0.09)	5.7		(0.07)	1.2		(0.04)	11.3		(0.11)	6.7		(0.09)	61.4	(0.15)	20.7		(0.14)	8.9		(0.11)	31.8	(0.17)
Sex
Male	21,158	(21.5)	28.3		(0.14)	100.0	(†)	41.8	(0.28)	1.3		(0.06)	0.9		(0.05)	7.0		(0.16)	13.6		(0.16)	5.4		(0.11)	1.5		(0.07)	9.6		(0.14)	2.6		(0.08)	58.2	(0.28)	23.8		(0.24)	4.2		(0.12)	30.2	(0.27)
Female	20,854	(20.1)	36.5		(0.15)	100.0	(†)	36.1	(0.20)	1.1		(0.04)	0.6		(0.04)	1.9		(0.07)	3.0		(0.07)	5.9		(0.09)	0.9		(0.04)	12.7		(0.16)	9.9		(0.14)	63.9	(0.20)	18.2		(0.17)	12.6		(0.16)	33.1	(0.19)
Race/ethnicity
White	24,200	(12.6)	38.6		(0.15)	100.0	(†)	35.1	(0.19)	1.4		(0.05)	0.7		(0.04)	2.9		(0.07)	5.8		(0.11)	5.4		(0.08)	1.1		(0.04)	11.2		(0.12)	6.5		(0.09)	64.9	(0.19)	20.6		(0.17)	10.5		(0.13)	33.9	(0.19)
Black	5,371	(18.8)	19.4		(0.28)	100.0	(†)	37.8	(0.64)	0.8		(0.14)	0.4		(0.11)	4.6		(0.33)	5.1		(0.30)	4.7		(0.30)	0.9		(0.12)	13.1		(0.42)	8.2		(0.33)	62.2	(0.64)	23.2		(0.64)	7.1		(0.39)	31.9	(0.60)
Hispanic	8,575	(20.6)	14.2		(0.19)	100.0	(†)	35.5	(0.54)	0.5		(0.08)	0.8		(0.11)	3.4		(0.25)	7.8		(0.33)	4.7		(0.21)	0.8		(0.11)	11.3		(0.38)	6.3		(0.33)	64.5	(0.54)	22.6		(0.51)	8.0		(0.35)	33.9	(0.59)
Asian	2,596	(15.5)	63.1		(0.44)	100.0	(†)	60.5	(0.52)	0.6		(0.07)	0.8		(0.09)	11.1		(0.35)	19.5		(0.38)	8.2		(0.26)	1.9		(0.17)	10.7		(0.29)	7.7		(0.28)	39.5	(0.52)	18.8		(0.37)	2.5		(0.14)	18.2	(0.40)
Pacific Islander	87	(3.8)	16.6		(2.09)	100.0	(†)	52.2	(5.25)	‡		(†)	#		(†)	6.1	!	(2.79)	4.3	!	(1.84)	10.7	!	(3.27)	‡		(†)	23.7		(5.00)	5.5	!	(2.13)	47.8	(5.25)	16.2		(4.66)	7.7	!	(2.93)	23.9	(4.70)
American Indian/Alaska Native2	279	(6.4)	11.2		(0.77)	100.0	(†)	36.5	(3.40)	3.5	!	(1.20)	‡		(†)	3.7	!	(1.35)	5.2	!	(1.68)	7.5		(1.56)	‡		(†)	7.7		(1.75)	6.6		(1.72)	63.5	(3.40)	19.5		(2.57)	9.8		(2.06)	34.2	(3.24)
American Indian	233	(5.3)	11.1		(0.80)	100.0	(†)	35.9	(3.66)	4.2	!	(1.45)	‡		(†)	2.6	!	(1.15)	5.7	!	(1.89)	5.4		(1.36)	‡		(†)	7.5		(2.00)	8.0		(2.09)	64.1	(3.66)	19.6		(2.78)	8.7		(1.94)	35.8	(3.49)
Alaska Native	16	(1.5)	4.5	!	(2.01)	100.0	(†)	‡	(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡	(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡	(†)
Two or more races	804	(13.3)	32.7		(0.72)	100.0	(†)	42.5	(1.34)	0.7		(0.18)	0.8		(0.17)	4.3		(0.47)	9.2		(0.80)	6.6		(0.58)	1.2		(0.27)	13.6		(1.14)	6.1		(0.55)	57.5	(1.34)	17.6		(0.91)	5.1		(0.51)	34.8	(1.17)
Race/ethnicity by sex
Male
White	12,223	(9.7)	34.2		(0.19)	100.0	(†)	37.1	(0.33)	1.5		(0.08)	0.9		(0.05)	5.5		(0.14)	10.8		(0.20)	5.2		(0.12)	1.5		(0.07)	9.5		(0.20)	2.2		(0.09)	62.9	(0.33)	25.1		(0.30)	5.0		(0.14)	32.9	(0.33)
Black	2,567	(13.2)	15.5		(0.33)	100.0	(†)	38.6	(1.28)	0.6	!	(0.20)	0.7		(0.22)	7.7		(0.66)	9.7		(0.59)	4.0		(0.51)	1.4		(0.21)	10.7		(0.77)	3.6		(0.32)	61.4	(1.28)	25.7		(1.21)	4.7		(0.55)	31.0	(1.07)
Hispanic	4,507	(14.7)	11.6		(0.25)	100.0	(†)	40.3	(1.01)	0.6		(0.14)	1.2		(0.22)	6.2		(0.50)	14.4		(0.64)	4.7		(0.44)	1.0		(0.17)	9.1		(0.56)	3.2		(0.34)	59.7	(1.01)	23.9		(0.81)	3.5		(0.34)	32.3	(0.95)
Asian	1,219	(9.3)	61.1		(0.73)	100.0	(†)	69.5	(0.63)	0.5		(0.10)	0.8		(0.12)	15.2		(0.59)	29.7		(0.62)	7.4		(0.43)	2.4		(0.32)	9.5		(0.41)	4.1		(0.33)	30.5	(0.63)	16.3		(0.50)	0.9		(0.14)	13.3	(0.50)
Pacific Islander	46	(2.5)	14.4		(2.20)	100.0	(†)	63.6	(7.53)	#		(†)	#		(†)	13.3	!	(6.13)	8.5	!	(3.62)	‡		(†)	#		(†)	34.3		(8.43)	‡		(†)	36.4	(7.53)	12.1	!	(4.79)	‡		(†)	23.4	(6.92)
American Indian/Alaska Native2	142	(4.6)	8.4		(0.93)	100.0	(†)	48.4	(5.95)	8.0	!	(2.97)	‡		(†)	9.2	!	(3.42)	12.1	!	(3.89)	7.8	!	(2.84)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	51.6	(5.95)	23.4		(4.93)	‡		(†)	24.9	(4.74)
American Indian	117	(3.2)	8.8		(1.07)	100.0	(†)	44.6	(6.17)	9.3	!	(3.45)	#		(†)	5.9	!	(2.77)	12.8	!	(4.29)	6.2	!	(2.84)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	55.4	(6.17)	25.6		(5.34)	‡		(†)	26.9	(4.93)
Alaska Native	9	(1.3)	‡		(†)	100.0	(†)	‡	(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡	(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡	(†)
Two or more races	404	(9.4)	28.1		(0.90)	100.0	(†)	45.9	(2.03)	0.6	!	(0.21)	0.7	!	(0.23)	7.5		(0.94)	16.5		(1.63)	6.4		(0.90)	1.7	!	(0.55)	10.2		(1.45)	2.3		(0.56)	54.1	(2.03)	19.2		(1.48)	3.1		(0.55)	31.9	(2.05)
Female
White	11,976	(7.2)	43.2		(0.19)	100.0	(†)	33.5	(0.25)	1.3		(0.05)	0.6		(0.05)	0.9		(0.05)	1.8		(0.07)	5.6		(0.11)	0.9		(0.05)	12.5		(0.17)	9.9		(0.15)	66.5	(0.25)	16.9		(0.22)	14.9		(0.20)	34.7	(0.24)
Black	2,804	(13.6)	23.0		(0.39)	100.0	(†)	37.4	(0.82)	0.9		(0.18)	0.2	!	(0.09)	2.6		(0.32)	2.3		(0.27)	5.1		(0.35)	0.6		(0.15)	14.6		(0.52)	11.0		(0.52)	62.6	(0.82)	21.6		(0.74)	8.6		(0.51)	32.4	(0.70)
Hispanic	4,069	(12.1)	17.2		(0.24)	100.0	(†)	32.0	(0.66)	0.4		(0.10)	0.5		(0.09)	1.3		(0.17)	2.9		(0.26)	4.7		(0.26)	0.6		(0.13)	13.0		(0.52)	8.6		(0.51)	68.0	(0.66)	21.7		(0.62)	11.3		(0.55)	35.0	(0.69)
Asian	1,376	(10.5)	64.9		(0.46)	100.0	(†)	53.0	(0.77)	0.7		(0.11)	0.8		(0.14)	7.8		(0.36)	11.0		(0.43)	8.9		(0.33)	1.5		(0.13)	11.7		(0.44)	10.6		(0.41)	47.0	(0.77)	20.9		(0.64)	3.9		(0.23)	22.2	(0.49)
Pacific Islander	41	(2.3)	19.0		(2.98)	100.0	(†)	42.4	(6.01)	‡		(†)	#		(†)	#		(†)	‡		(†)	15.9	!	(5.65)	‡		(†)	14.6		(4.10)	7.7	!	(3.16)	57.6	(6.01)	19.7	!	(7.69)	13.5	!	(5.02)	24.4	(6.09)
American Indian/Alaska Native2	137	(3.5)	14.1		(1.15)	100.0	(†)	29.2	(3.68)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	7.3		(2.01)	‡		(†)	9.5		(2.54)	7.6		(2.18)	70.8	(3.68)	17.1		(2.87)	13.8		(3.01)	39.9	(3.53)
American Indian	117	(3.4)	13.4		(1.13)	100.0	(†)	30.2	(4.14)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	4.9	!	(1.70)	‡		(†)	10.0		(2.81)	9.4		(2.69)	69.8	(4.14)	15.6		(3.05)	12.6		(2.74)	41.6	(3.94)
Alaska Native	7	(0.7)	8.4	!	(3.87)	100.0	(†)	‡	(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡	(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡	(†)
Two or more races	400	(8.3)	37.4		(0.98)	100.0	(†)	39.9	(1.68)	0.8		(0.23)	0.9		(0.24)	1.9		(0.45)	3.6		(0.56)	6.8		(0.76)	0.8	!	(0.24)	16.2		(1.43)	8.9		(0.93)	60.1	(1.68)	16.3		(1.20)	6.7		(0.85)	37.1	(1.40)
Nativity
Hispanic
U.S.-born3	4,453	(27.3)	19.0		(0.30)	100.0	(†)	34.1	(0.64)	0.4		(0.09)	0.6		(0.10)	3.2		(0.28)	5.9		(0.29)	4.7		(0.24)	0.7		(0.11)	12.0		(0.47)	6.5		(0.38)	65.9	(0.64)	20.5		(0.61)	7.8		(0.40)	37.6	(0.65)
Foreign-born	4,122	(26.4)	9.1		(0.23)	100.0	(†)	38.8	(1.16)	0.7		(0.17)	1.2		(0.24)	3.9		(0.47)	12.0		(0.73)	4.5		(0.47)	1.0		(0.22)	9.7		(0.63)	5.8		(0.55)	61.2	(1.16)	27.4		(1.02)	8.4		(0.61)	25.4	(1.05)
Asian
U.S.-born3	734	(9.4)	60.4		(0.74)	100.0	(†)	50.0	(1.06)	0.3		(0.09)	1.0		(0.21)	4.7		(0.42)	10.2		(0.58)	11.4		(0.60)	1.1		(0.20)	14.2		(0.67)	7.1		(0.54)	50.0	(1.06)	21.8		(0.79)	2.5		(0.30)	25.7	(0.96)
Foreign-born	1,862	(15.1)	64.2		(0.47)	100.0	(†)	64.4	(0.57)	0.7		(0.09)	0.7		(0.11)	13.5		(0.47)	22.9		(0.44)	7.1		(0.29)	2.2		(0.21)	9.4		(0.32)	7.9		(0.32)	35.6	(0.57)	17.7		(0.43)	2.6		(0.18)	15.4	(0.48)
Citizenship status
U.S.-born citizen	34,275	(45.6)	32.9		(0.13)	100.0	(†)	35.2	(0.17)	1.2		(0.04)	0.7		(0.03)	3.0		(0.07)	5.6		(0.09)	5.5		(0.08)	1.1		(0.04)	11.5		(0.12)	6.6		(0.09)	64.8	(0.17)	20.6		(0.15)	9.9		(0.12)	34.3	(0.20)
Naturalized citizen	2,183	(18.4)	38.7		(0.46)	100.0	(†)	47.5	(0.73)	0.6		(0.11)	0.9		(0.13)	6.5		(0.38)	10.3		(0.45)	7.8		(0.45)	1.3		(0.16)	11.9		(0.47)	8.2		(0.37)	52.5	(0.73)	25.7		(0.54)	4.7		(0.34)	22.2	(0.59)
Noncitizen	5,554	(37.0)	26.5		(0.24)	100.0	(†)	60.0	(0.68)	0.9		(0.10)	0.9		(0.11)	11.7		(0.42)	22.1		(0.40)	6.1		(0.23)	2.1		(0.20)	9.5		(0.28)	6.6		(0.29)	40.0	(0.68)	18.2		(0.47)	3.7		(0.21)	18.1	(0.49)

†Not applicable.

#Rounds to zero.

!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent.

‡Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater.

1 Total includes other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately.

2 Includes persons reporting American Indian alone, persons reporting Alaska Native alone, and persons from American Indian and/or Alaska Native tribes specified or not specified.

3 Includes those born in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Northern Marianas, as well as those born abroad to U.S.-citizen parents.

NOTE: Estimates are for the entire population in the indicated age range, including persons living in households and persons living in group quarters (such as college residence halls, residential treatment centers, military barracks, and correctional facilities). The first bachelor’s degree major reported by respondents was used to classify their field of study, even though they were able to report a second bachelor’s degree major and may possess advanced degrees in other fields. STEM fields, as defined here, consist of the fields specified in columns 6 through 13. Data were assembled based on major field aggregations, except that management of STEM activities was counted as a STEM field instead of a business field. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS), 2012. (This table was prepared January 2014.)