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| Table 302.62. | Percentage of 18- to 24-year-olds enrolled in degree-granting postsecondary institutions and percentage distribution of those enrolled, by sex, race/ethnicity, and selected racial/ethnic subgroups: 2010 and 2015 |
| [Standard errors appear in parentheses] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Race/ethnicity | 2010 | 2015 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Percent enrolled | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total1 | 42.9 | (0.11) | 38.6 | (0.16) | 47.5 | (0.15) | 42.5 | (0.13) | 38.4 | (0.17) | 46.7 | (0.17) | ||||||
| White | 46.9 | (0.15) | 43.0 | (0.20) | 51.0 | (0.20) | 44.5 | (0.18) | 40.5 | (0.24) | 48.7 | (0.24) | ||||||
| Black | 36.6 | (0.33) | 30.6 | (0.43) | 42.7 | (0.48) | 36.1 | (0.35) | 30.7 | (0.46) | 41.6 | (0.53) | ||||||
| Hispanic | 31.1 | (0.31) | 26.4 | (0.38) | 36.3 | (0.39) | 36.0 | (0.25) | 31.9 | (0.38) | 40.4 | (0.33) | ||||||
| Cuban | 45.8 | (1.57) | 41.2 | (2.14) | 50.3 | (2.10) | 48.4 | (1.70) | 43.8 | (2.30) | 53.1 | (2.40) | ||||||
| Dominican | 40.0 | (1.64) | 33.3 | (2.06) | 46.7 | (2.22) | 37.4 | (1.61) | 34.4 | (2.29) | 40.5 | (1.96) | ||||||
| Mexican | 27.9 | (0.35) | 23.8 | (0.44) | 32.6 | (0.45) | 34.2 | (0.31) | 29.7 | (0.45) | 38.9 | (0.36) | ||||||
| Puerto Rican | 34.2 | (0.83) | 28.6 | (1.13) | 39.8 | (1.32) | 32.5 | (0.93) | 29.2 | (1.24) | 36.1 | (1.35) | ||||||
| Spaniard | 50.9 | (2.16) | 50.5 | (3.33) | 51.4 | (3.07) | 48.1 | (2.29) | 45.6 | (3.49) | 50.6 | (3.67) | ||||||
| Central American2 | 26.3 | (0.85) | 21.6 | (0.89) | 32.6 | (1.51) | 33.6 | (0.87) | 30.1 | (1.18) | 37.8 | (1.12) | ||||||
| Costa Rican | 59.6 | (4.52) | 58.1 | (6.62) | 61.5 | (6.82) | 47.4 | (4.44) | 36.7 | (7.51) | 57.4 | (5.93) | ||||||
| Guatemalan | 17.3 | (1.28) | 13.5 | (1.34) | 24.7 | (2.67) | 28.6 | (1.39) | 24.5 | (1.99) | 34.1 | (2.02) | ||||||
| Honduran | 20.2 | (1.75) | 13.9 | (1.86) | 30.1 | (3.31) | 26.7 | (2.27) | 25.1 | (3.15) | 28.7 | (2.79) | ||||||
| Nicaraguan | 40.9 | (2.82) | 37.7 | (3.97) | 44.4 | (4.03) | 44.7 | (3.41) | 41.6 | (4.72) | 48.0 | (4.06) | ||||||
| Panamanian | 48.0 | (3.86) | 47.0 | (5.65) | 49.0 | (5.96) | 46.2 | (5.22) | 48.9 | (7.35) | 42.9 | (6.40) | ||||||
| Salvadoran | 27.7 | (1.27) | 24.3 | (1.61) | 31.6 | (1.95) | 35.8 | (1.36) | 32.3 | (2.04) | 39.9 | (1.91) | ||||||
| South American | 50.5 | (1.20) | 44.8 | (1.65) | 56.5 | (1.65) | 52.6 | (1.18) | 51.0 | (1.54) | 54.3 | (1.91) | ||||||
| Chilean | 54.6 | (5.50) | 53.9 | (7.73) | 55.2 | (7.33) | 48.8 | (5.44) | 48.0 | (7.94) | 49.4 | (7.72) | ||||||
| Colombian | 53.0 | (2.35) | 50.7 | (3.16) | 55.4 | (3.16) | 50.7 | (1.86) | 51.5 | (2.48) | 50.0 | (2.89) | ||||||
| Ecuadorian | 40.3 | (2.96) | 30.9 | (3.25) | 52.2 | (4.19) | 47.9 | (2.58) | 46.0 | (4.33) | 50.0 | (2.98) | ||||||
| Peruvian | 53.6 | (2.87) | 47.9 | (3.89) | 58.9 | (3.51) | 56.0 | (2.58) | 54.6 | (3.39) | 57.5 | (4.02) | ||||||
| Venezuelan | 54.9 | (4.32) | 46.8 | (6.02) | 63.8 | (5.68) | 56.1 | (3.72) | 52.8 | (5.68) | 59.9 | (5.03) | ||||||
| Other South American | 52.6 | (2.97) | 47.0 | (5.01) | 57.6 | (3.84) | 58.6 | (2.82) | 52.5 | (3.74) | 66.2 | (4.48) | ||||||
| Other Hispanic | 38.6 | (1.42) | 33.7 | (2.03) | 43.8 | (2.17) | 44.9 | (1.52) | 40.0 | (1.81) | 50.9 | (2.24) | ||||||
| Asian | 66.0 | (0.55) | 65.3 | (0.71) | 66.7 | (0.75) | 66.8 | (0.55) | 65.9 | (0.67) | 67.7 | (0.79) | ||||||
| Chinese3 | 74.0 | (0.95) | 74.0 | (1.22) | 74.1 | (1.11) | 76.2 | (0.87) | 75.3 | (1.22) | 77.0 | (1.14) | ||||||
| Filipino | 57.8 | (1.38) | 54.5 | (1.60) | 61.4 | (2.21) | 58.2 | (1.16) | 56.3 | (1.63) | 60.2 | (1.55) | ||||||
| Japanese | 72.0 | (2.95) | 70.0 | (3.92) | 74.1 | (3.93) | 66.5 | (2.76) | 61.5 | (4.32) | 70.7 | (3.70) | ||||||
| Korean | 72.3 | (1.43) | 71.3 | (2.00) | 73.2 | (1.86) | 66.6 | (1.80) | 62.7 | (2.48) | 70.7 | (2.38) | ||||||
| South Asian4 | 67.1 | (1.16) | 68.9 | (1.61) | 65.0 | (1.67) | 68.2 | (0.96) | 70.1 | (1.23) | 65.9 | (1.61) | ||||||
| Asian Indian | 68.6 | (1.30) | 71.5 | (1.80) | 65.4 | (1.79) | 69.4 | (1.08) | 70.5 | (1.39) | 68.1 | (1.97) | ||||||
| Bangladeshi | 58.3 | (5.63) | 57.7 | (8.07) | 58.9 | (7.06) | 63.3 | (4.84) | 65.7 | (6.26) | 60.7 | (6.90) | ||||||
| Bhutanese | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ||||||
| Nepalese | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 44.8 | (5.52) | 47.2 | (6.32) | 40.8 | (8.58) | ||||||
| Pakistani | 61.7 | (3.00) | 58.9 | (4.44) | 64.6 | (4.11) | 70.7 | (2.62) | 78.6 | (2.62) | 62.4 | (4.24) | ||||||
| Southeast Asian | 58.3 | (1.17) | 57.0 | (1.55) | 59.5 | (1.56) | 58.4 | (1.12) | 56.1 | (1.38) | 60.6 | (1.65) | ||||||
| Burmese | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 30.0 | (5.27) | 25.0 | (5.95) | 35.3 | (7.19) | ||||||
| Cambodian | 38.1 | (3.02) | 38.2 | (4.77) | 38.0 | (4.55) | 46.9 | (4.81) | 39.7 | (6.24) | 55.4 | (6.06) | ||||||
| Hmong | 39.7 | (3.18) | 36.3 | (3.56) | 42.9 | (4.49) | 44.9 | (3.03) | 44.3 | (4.34) | 45.6 | (4.20) | ||||||
| Laotian | 44.9 | (4.40) | 38.5 | (5.46) | 52.3 | (5.63) | 41.4 | (5.38) | 44.5 | (7.76) | 38.1 | (6.42) | ||||||
| Thai | 63.3 | (5.72) | 61.1 | (9.35) | 65.1 | (6.55) | 50.7 | (4.53) | 53.6 | (6.91) | 48.5 | (5.76) | ||||||
| Vietnamese | 68.2 | (1.35) | 68.4 | (1.81) | 68.1 | (2.02) | 66.2 | (1.40) | 64.5 | (1.76) | 67.8 | (2.11) | ||||||
| Other Southeast Asian5 | 74.5 | (5.03) | 62.7 | (7.82) | 89.4 | (5.17) | 86.9 | (3.89) | 81.7 | (6.03) | 92.1 | (3.59) | ||||||
| Other Asian | 58.7 | (2.01) | 56.3 | (2.69) | 61.0 | (3.03) | 64.8 | (2.50) | 67.6 | (3.60) | 61.6 | (3.17) | ||||||
| Pacific Islander | 39.1 | (2.21) | 34.9 | (3.44) | 43.5 | (2.97) | 39.0 | (2.78) | 43.4 | (3.90) | 35.0 | (3.45) | ||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 28.7 | (1.17) | 24.5 | (1.76) | 32.9 | (1.56) | 25.7 | (1.15) | 22.9 | (1.65) | 28.5 | (1.56) | ||||||
| Two or more races | 44.7 | (0.81) | 40.1 | (1.06) | 49.3 | (1.03) | 43.8 | (0.68) | 39.3 | (1.00) | 48.4 | (0.90) | ||||||
| White and Black | 37.2 | (1.57) | 30.9 | (2.16) | 42.9 | (1.96) | 36.2 | (1.31) | 31.5 | (1.69) | 41.0 | (1.87) | ||||||
| White and Asian | 58.5 | (1.42) | 54.2 | (1.82) | 62.9 | (2.07) | 56.0 | (1.29) | 54.7 | (2.00) | 57.2 | (1.70) | ||||||
| White and American Indian/ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alaska Native | 36.5 | (1.62) | 31.4 | (2.13) | 42.6 | (2.47) | 35.4 | (1.50) | 29.7 | (2.16) | 42.0 | (2.30) | ||||||
| Other Two or more races | 45.3 | (1.65) | 42.4 | (1.88) | 48.3 | (2.21) | 47.9 | (1.37) | 41.7 | (1.89) | 53.7 | (1.82) | ||||||
| Percentage distribution of those enrolled | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total1 | 100.0 | (†) | 46.0 | (0.14) | 54.0 | (0.14) | 100.0 | (†) | 46.4 | (0.14) | 53.6 | (0.14) | ||||||
| White | 100.0 | (†) | 46.6 | (0.15) | 53.4 | (0.15) | 100.0 | (†) | 46.8 | (0.17) | 53.2 | (0.17) | ||||||
| Black | 100.0 | (†) | 41.5 | (0.49) | 58.5 | (0.49) | 100.0 | (†) | 43.0 | (0.52) | 57.0 | (0.52) | ||||||
| Hispanic | 100.0 | (†) | 45.2 | (0.38) | 54.8 | (0.38) | 100.0 | (†) | 45.9 | (0.37) | 54.1 | (0.37) | ||||||
| Cuban | 100.0 | (†) | 44.2 | (2.06) | 55.8 | (2.06) | 100.0 | (†) | 46.1 | (2.15) | 53.9 | (2.15) | ||||||
| Dominican | 100.0 | (†) | 41.6 | (2.34) | 58.4 | (2.34) | 100.0 | (†) | 47.0 | (2.22) | 53.0 | (2.22) | ||||||
| Mexican | 100.0 | (†) | 45.6 | (0.49) | 54.4 | (0.49) | 100.0 | (†) | 44.6 | (0.46) | 55.4 | (0.46) | ||||||
| Puerto Rican | 100.0 | (†) | 41.9 | (1.48) | 58.1 | (1.48) | 100.0 | (†) | 46.9 | (1.49) | 53.1 | (1.49) | ||||||
| Spaniard | 100.0 | (†) | 49.9 | (3.16) | 50.1 | (3.16) | 100.0 | (†) | 47.8 | (3.61) | 52.2 | (3.61) | ||||||
| Central American2 | 100.0 | (†) | 47.8 | (1.60) | 52.2 | (1.60) | 100.0 | (†) | 48.7 | (1.40) | 51.3 | (1.40) | ||||||
| Costa Rican | 100.0 | (†) | 52.4 | (6.41) | 47.6 | (6.41) | 100.0 | (†) | 37.6 | (6.68) | 62.4 | (6.68) | ||||||
| Guatemalan | 100.0 | (†) | 51.2 | (3.97) | 48.8 | (3.97) | 100.0 | (†) | 48.7 | (3.18) | 51.3 | (3.18) | ||||||
| Honduran | 100.0 | (†) | 41.9 | (4.74) | 58.1 | (4.74) | 100.0 | (†) | 52.3 | (4.31) | 47.7 | (4.31) | ||||||
| Nicaraguan | 100.0 | (†) | 47.4 | (4.05) | 52.6 | (4.05) | 100.0 | (†) | 47.3 | (4.01) | 52.7 | (4.01) | ||||||
| Panamanian | 100.0 | (†) | 49.7 | (6.23) | 50.3 | (6.23) | 100.0 | (†) | 58.0 | (6.22) | 42.0 | (6.22) | ||||||
| Salvadoran | 100.0 | (†) | 47.3 | (2.59) | 52.7 | (2.59) | 100.0 | (†) | 48.0 | (2.41) | 52.0 | (2.41) | ||||||
| South American | 100.0 | (†) | 45.2 | (1.72) | 54.8 | (1.72) | 100.0 | (†) | 49.5 | (1.63) | 50.5 | (1.63) | ||||||
| Chilean | 100.0 | (†) | 45.7 | (7.45) | 54.3 | (7.45) | 100.0 | (†) | 43.5 | (6.48) | 56.5 | (6.48) | ||||||
| Colombian | 100.0 | (†) | 48.9 | (2.73) | 51.1 | (2.73) | 100.0 | (†) | 47.7 | (2.62) | 52.3 | (2.62) | ||||||
| Ecuadorian | 100.0 | (†) | 42.8 | (3.87) | 57.2 | (3.87) | 100.0 | (†) | 51.2 | (3.71) | 48.8 | (3.71) | ||||||
| Peruvian | 100.0 | (†) | 43.3 | (3.57) | 56.7 | (3.57) | 100.0 | (†) | 52.0 | (3.54) | 48.0 | (3.54) | ||||||
| Venezuelan | 100.0 | (†) | 44.7 | (5.19) | 55.3 | (5.19) | 100.0 | (†) | 49.6 | (4.71) | 50.4 | (4.71) | ||||||
| Other South American | 100.0 | (†) | 42.2 | (4.98) | 57.8 | (4.98) | 100.0 | (†) | 49.6 | (4.25) | 50.4 | (4.25) | ||||||
| Other Hispanic | 100.0 | (†) | 45.4 | (2.58) | 54.6 | (2.58) | 100.0 | (†) | 49.1 | (1.91) | 50.9 | (1.91) | ||||||
| Asian | 100.0 | (†) | 50.3 | (0.43) | 49.7 | (0.43) | 100.0 | (†) | 50.3 | (0.50) | 49.7 | (0.50) | ||||||
| Chinese3 | 100.0 | (†) | 51.8 | (1.13) | 48.2 | (1.13) | 100.0 | (†) | 48.5 | (0.94) | 51.5 | (0.94) | ||||||
| Filipino | 100.0 | (†) | 48.9 | (1.81) | 51.1 | (1.81) | 100.0 | (†) | 49.7 | (1.56) | 50.3 | (1.56) | ||||||
| Japanese | 100.0 | (†) | 48.7 | (3.42) | 51.3 | (3.42) | 100.0 | (†) | 42.0 | (3.75) | 58.0 | (3.75) | ||||||
| Korean | 100.0 | (†) | 46.0 | (1.91) | 54.0 | (1.91) | 100.0 | (†) | 47.5 | (2.01) | 52.5 | (2.01) | ||||||
| South Asian4 | 100.0 | (†) | 54.2 | (1.35) | 45.8 | (1.35) | 100.0 | (†) | 56.1 | (1.15) | 43.9 | (1.15) | ||||||
| Asian Indian | 100.0 | (†) | 55.4 | (1.48) | 44.6 | (1.48) | 100.0 | (†) | 55.7 | (1.26) | 44.3 | (1.26) | ||||||
| Bangladeshi | 100.0 | (†) | 50.1 | (7.72) | 49.9 | (7.72) | 100.0 | (†) | 54.2 | (5.82) | 45.8 | (5.82) | ||||||
| Bhutanese | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ||||||
| Nepalese | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 65.6 | (6.74) | 34.4 | (6.74) | ||||||
| Pakistani | 100.0 | (†) | 47.5 | (3.54) | 52.5 | (3.54) | 100.0 | (†) | 57.3 | (2.77) | 42.7 | (2.77) | ||||||
| Southeast Asian | 100.0 | (†) | 48.5 | (1.23) | 51.5 | (1.23) | 100.0 | (†) | 48.4 | (1.32) | 51.6 | (1.32) | ||||||
| Burmese | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 43.0 | (8.19) | 57.0 | (8.19) | ||||||
| Cambodian | 100.0 | (†) | 47.7 | (5.75) | 52.3 | (5.75) | 100.0 | (†) | 45.7 | (5.64) | 54.3 | (5.64) | ||||||
| Hmong | 100.0 | (†) | 44.8 | (3.95) | 55.2 | (3.95) | 100.0 | (†) | 54.2 | (4.69) | 45.8 | (4.69) | ||||||
| Laotian | 100.0 | (†) | 45.8 | (5.45) | 54.2 | (5.45) | 100.0 | (†) | 55.6 | (7.13) | 44.4 | (7.13) | ||||||
| Thai | 100.0 | (†) | 43.3 | (7.35) | 56.7 | (7.35) | 100.0 | (†) | 45.5 | (6.38) | 54.5 | (6.38) | ||||||
| Vietnamese | 100.0 | (†) | 50.0 | (1.50) | 50.0 | (1.50) | 100.0 | (†) | 47.8 | (1.69) | 52.2 | (1.69) | ||||||
| Other Southeast Asian5 | 100.0 | (†) | 46.8 | (8.62) | 53.2 | (8.62) | 100.0 | (†) | 47.0 | (6.68) | 53.0 | (6.68) | ||||||
| Other Asian | 100.0 | (†) | 47.7 | (2.74) | 52.3 | (2.74) | 100.0 | (†) | 56.1 | (2.69) | 43.9 | (2.69) | ||||||
| Pacific Islander | 100.0 | (†) | 45.8 | (3.84) | 54.2 | (3.84) | 100.0 | (†) | 52.8 | (4.00) | 47.2 | (4.00) | ||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 100.0 | (†) | 43.4 | (2.28) | 56.6 | (2.28) | 100.0 | (†) | 45.1 | (2.63) | 54.9 | (2.63) | ||||||
| Two or more races | 100.0 | (†) | 45.4 | (1.01) | 54.6 | (1.01) | 100.0 | (†) | 45.3 | (0.88) | 54.7 | (0.88) | ||||||
| White and Black | 100.0 | (†) | 39.3 | (2.37) | 60.7 | (2.37) | 100.0 | (†) | 44.3 | (1.98) | 55.7 | (1.98) | ||||||
| White and Asian | 100.0 | (†) | 47.8 | (1.77) | 52.2 | (1.77) | 100.0 | (†) | 48.9 | (1.59) | 51.1 | (1.59) | ||||||
| White and American Indian/ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alaska Native | 100.0 | (†) | 46.4 | (2.43) | 53.6 | (2.43) | 100.0 | (†) | 44.6 | (2.74) | 55.4 | (2.74) | ||||||
| Other Two or more races | 100.0 | (†) | 46.9 | (1.94) | 53.1 | (1.94) | 100.0 | (†) | 42.7 | (1.81) | 57.3 | (1.81) | ||||||
| —Not available. | ||||||||||||||||||
| †Not applicable. | ||||||||||||||||||
| ‡Reporting standards not met (too few cases for a reliable estimate). | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 Total includes other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 Includes other Central American subgroups not shown separately. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 Includes Taiwanese. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 In addition to the subgroups shown, also includes Sri Lankan. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 Consists of Indonesian and Malaysian. | ||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Data are based on sample surveys of the entire population in the given age range residing within the United States, including both noninstitutionalized persons (e.g., those living in households, college housing, or military housing located within the United States) and institutionalized persons (e.g., those living in prisons, nursing facilities, or other healthcare facilities). Enrollment data in this table may differ from data in tables based on the Current Population Survey (CPS) because of differences in survey design and target populations. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. | ||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS), 2010 and 2015. (This table was prepared April 2017.) |
