Table 104.60.

Number of persons 25 to 34 years old and percentage with a bachelor's or higher degree, by undergraduate field of study, sex, race/ethnicity, and U.S. nativity and citizenship status: 2018

[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Sex, race/ethnicity, and U.S. 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			Computer and information sciences			Engineering/ engineering technologies			Biology/ biomedical sciences			Math- ematics/ statistics			Physical sciences			Non- STEM total			Business			Education			Health studies			Humanities1			Social sciences psychology, and history			All other fields of study
1	2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9			10			11			12			13			14			15			16			17
Total	45,277		(30.2)	36.3		(0.13)	100.0		(†)	23.0		(0.15)	4.0		(0.06)	8.9		(0.10)	6.1		(0.07)	1.3		(0.04)	2.7		(0.05)	77.0		(0.15)	18.6		(0.13)	7.0		(0.07)	8.2		(0.08)	11.6		(0.11)	15.0		(0.12)	16.6		(0.13)
Sex
Male	22,942		(23.2)	32.4		(0.14)	100.0		(†)	32.4		(0.21)	6.6		(0.12)	15.1		(0.18)	5.6		(0.12)	1.7		(0.06)	3.4		(0.08)	67.6		(0.21)	21.6		(0.20)	3.2		(0.09)	3.4		(0.09)	9.9		(0.13)	13.9		(0.16)	15.7		(0.16)
Female	22,335		(20.6)	40.4		(0.16)	100.0		(†)	15.2		(0.16)	1.8		(0.05)	3.9		(0.08)	6.5		(0.10)	0.9		(0.04)	2.1		(0.06)	84.8		(0.16)	16.1		(0.16)	10.2		(0.13)	12.2		(0.13)	13.0		(0.15)	15.9		(0.16)	17.4		(0.16)
Race/ethnicity
White	25,001		(13.0)	42.2		(0.15)	100.0		(†)	19.6		(0.16)	2.9		(0.06)	7.1		(0.11)	5.7		(0.09)	1.3		(0.05)	2.6		(0.06)	80.4		(0.16)	18.5		(0.14)	8.3		(0.10)	8.1		(0.10)	12.5		(0.14)	15.4		(0.13)	17.6		(0.15)
Black	6,130		(18.1)	22.9		(0.28)	100.0		(†)	17.9		(0.46)	3.8		(0.22)	5.8		(0.29)	5.3		(0.28)	0.8		(0.11)	2.3		(0.22)	82.1		(0.46)	20.0		(0.50)	5.5		(0.27)	10.5		(0.35)	10.0		(0.40)	16.4		(0.44)	19.7		(0.49)
Hispanic	9,301		(17.8)	19.3		(0.22)	100.0		(†)	20.0		(0.39)	2.8		(0.16)	8.2		(0.26)	5.5		(0.23)	1.1		(0.10)	2.3		(0.14)	80.0		(0.39)	19.5		(0.40)	7.0		(0.29)	7.5		(0.25)	11.4		(0.36)	16.7		(0.39)	18.0		(0.39)
Asian	3,123		(15.6)	67.6		(0.39)	100.0		(†)	45.4		(0.46)	10.2		(0.32)	20.7		(0.43)	8.9		(0.28)	2.0		(0.16)	3.7		(0.18)	54.6		(0.46)	17.4		(0.36)	2.2		(0.12)	8.0		(0.25)	8.1		(0.24)	10.2		(0.31)	8.6		(0.25)
Pacific Islander	98		(4.2)	20.0		(1.78)	100.0		(†)	11.4		(2.40)	2.7	!	(1.24)	4.9	!	(1.87)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	88.6		(2.40)	27.3		(5.34)	5.5	!	(2.16)	7.6		(2.21)	9.0		(2.42)	19.4		(3.37)	19.8		(3.30)
American Indian/Alaska     Native2	318		(5.9)	13.1		(0.80)	100.0		(†)	21.8		(3.07)	3.4	!	(1.03)	6.0	!	(1.82)	8.9		(2.09)	‡		(†)	3.6	!	(1.08)	78.2		(3.07)	20.8		(2.69)	9.6		(1.73)	8.6		(1.74)	11.8		(2.10)	12.4		(2.03)	14.9		(1.90)
American Indian	264		(6.0)	12.3		(0.83)	100.0		(†)	14.0		(2.15)	2.6	!	(0.95)	2.7	!	(0.93)	6.9		(1.88)	‡		(†)	1.8	!	(0.60)	86.0		(2.15)	22.1		(3.07)	10.8		(2.09)	9.8		(2.11)	12.5		(2.49)	14.4		(2.47)	16.3		(2.30)
Alaska Native	18		(1.3)	8.6		(2.41)	100.0		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Some other race3	138		(6.1)	42.1		(1.90)	100.0		(†)	32.2		(3.12)	7.3		(1.92)	16.2		(2.50)	5.0		(1.44)	‡		(†)	3.1		(0.92)	67.8		(3.12)	15.9		(2.34)	4.8		(1.37)	9.3		(1.80)	11.0		(1.64)	13.9		(2.12)	12.9		(1.66)
Two or more races	1,169		(19.0)	39.5		(0.64)	100.0		(†)	23.9		(0.77)	4.7		(0.38)	8.5		(0.53)	7.0		(0.50)	1.3		(0.23)	2.5		(0.28)	76.1		(0.77)	16.6		(0.72)	4.8		(0.43)	7.8		(0.54)	12.3		(0.63)	17.3		(0.75)	17.3		(0.79)
Race/ethnicity by sex
Male
White	12,712		(8.7)	37.7		(0.17)	100.0		(†)	28.4		(0.24)	5.4		(0.13)	12.8		(0.19)	5.2		(0.14)	1.6		(0.07)	3.4		(0.10)	71.6		(0.24)	22.6		(0.24)	3.7		(0.11)	2.9		(0.09)	10.7		(0.17)	14.6		(0.18)	17.1		(0.21)
Black	3,009		(14.5)	19.2		(0.34)	100.0		(†)	25.5		(0.92)	6.5		(0.46)	10.7		(0.65)	4.0		(0.39)	1.3		(0.25)	3.1		(0.36)	74.5		(0.92)	22.8		(0.85)	3.4		(0.35)	4.5		(0.39)	11.1		(0.59)	14.7		(0.66)	18.0		(0.83)
Hispanic	4,853		(13.8)	16.4		(0.26)	100.0		(†)	29.2		(0.62)	5.1		(0.32)	14.2		(0.55)	5.4		(0.37)	1.7		(0.21)	2.7		(0.26)	70.8		(0.62)	22.2		(0.70)	3.6		(0.34)	3.5		(0.32)	10.5		(0.48)	14.3		(0.55)	16.7		(0.53)
Asian	1,511		(10.6)	65.7		(0.50)	100.0		(†)	57.9		(0.66)	13.5		(0.48)	29.4		(0.67)	8.2		(0.38)	2.6		(0.24)	4.1		(0.26)	42.1		(0.66)	16.0		(0.52)	0.7		(0.14)	4.4		(0.29)	5.1		(0.29)	8.9		(0.42)	7.1		(0.35)
Pacific Islander	51		(2.8)	15.8		(1.89)	100.0		(†)	21.2		(5.06)	‡		(†)	11.5	!	(4.79)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	78.8		(5.06)	33.7		(7.80)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	5.0	!	(2.16)	13.3	!	(4.01)	22.3		(6.17)
American Indian/Alaska     Native2	157		(3.7)	9.2		(0.82)	100.0		(†)	23.0		(4.10)	7.2	!	(2.33)	7.1	!	(2.51)	4.0	!	(1.72)	‡		(†)	4.6	!	(1.98)	77.0		(4.10)	22.4		(3.73)	5.0	!	(2.38)	4.0	!	(1.99)	15.1		(3.37)	15.2		(3.96)	15.3		(3.69)
American Indian	130		(3.4)	8.1		(0.87)	100.0		(†)	21.1		(4.06)	7.2	!	(2.70)	5.5	!	(2.24)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	4.7	!	(1.73)	78.9		(4.06)	20.5		(4.29)	‡		(†)	5.5	!	(2.69)	14.3		(3.52)	17.8		(5.11)	18.1		(4.46)
Alaska Native	10		(1.0)	8.8	!	(3.69)	100.0		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Some other race3	64		(3.3)	40.1		(2.51)	100.0		(†)	42.9		(4.54)	13.0		(3.82)	23.0		(4.66)	2.2	!	(1.09)	‡		(†)	4.4	!	(1.73)	57.1		(4.54)	19.7		(3.79)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	9.1		(2.34)	10.2		(2.45)	12.3		(2.07)
Two or more races	585		(12.2)	36.4		(0.93)	100.0		(†)	32.8		(1.35)	8.1		(0.78)	14.6		(0.97)	6.4		(0.61)	1.3		(0.27)	2.5		(0.36)	67.2		(1.35)	18.8		(1.04)	2.5		(0.46)	4.3		(0.68)	9.3		(0.85)	16.7		(1.07)	15.6		(1.19)
Female
White	12,289		(7.8)	46.9		(0.18)	100.0		(†)	12.3		(0.15)	0.9		(0.04)	2.4		(0.06)	6.1		(0.12)	1.0		(0.05)	1.9		(0.07)	87.7		(0.15)	15.1		(0.17)	12.2		(0.16)	12.4		(0.17)	14.0		(0.19)	16.1		(0.18)	18.0		(0.20)
Black	3,121		(13.5)	26.4		(0.42)	100.0		(†)	12.5		(0.54)	2.0		(0.22)	2.3		(0.27)	6.2		(0.35)	0.4		(0.09)	1.7		(0.21)	87.5		(0.54)	18.1		(0.74)	7.0		(0.44)	14.7		(0.52)	9.3		(0.50)	17.6		(0.65)	20.8		(0.67)
Hispanic	4,448		(10.2)	22.4		(0.30)	100.0		(†)	12.6		(0.44)	1.0		(0.11)	3.4		(0.22)	5.6		(0.30)	0.6		(0.08)	2.0		(0.20)	87.4		(0.44)	17.3		(0.50)	9.7		(0.41)	10.6		(0.35)	12.2		(0.44)	18.6		(0.60)	19.0		(0.55)
Asian	1,611		(10.5)	69.4		(0.46)	100.0		(†)	34.3		(0.58)	7.2		(0.36)	12.8		(0.45)	9.6		(0.37)	1.5		(0.16)	3.2		(0.23)	65.7		(0.58)	18.8		(0.47)	3.4		(0.21)	11.3		(0.36)	10.8		(0.42)	11.4		(0.39)	10.0		(0.35)
Pacific Islander	47		(2.6)	24.6		(3.01)	100.0		(†)	4.6	!	(2.04)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	95.4		(2.04)	22.8		(5.54)	8.7	!	(3.57)	10.4	!	(3.61)	11.8	!	(3.70)	23.6		(5.23)	18.1		(4.12)
American Indian/Alaska     Native2	160		(4.1)	16.9		(1.38)	100.0		(†)	21.2		(4.12)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	11.6		(2.96)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	78.8		(4.12)	19.9		(3.52)	12.1		(2.43)	11.1		(2.46)	10.1		(2.78)	11.0		(2.34)	14.7		(2.41)
American Indian	133		(4.1)	16.3		(1.41)	100.0		(†)	10.6		(2.74)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	8.4	!	(2.59)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	89.4		(2.74)	23.0		(3.89)	14.8		(3.03)	11.9		(2.72)	11.6		(3.34)	12.8		(2.70)	15.4		(2.73)
Alaska Native	8		(0.9)	8.3	!	(3.32)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Some other race3	74		(4.5)	43.8		(2.51)	100.0		(†)	23.8		(3.91)	2.7	!	(1.23)	10.8		(2.89)	7.3	!	(2.52)	‡		(†)	2.0	!	(0.98)	76.2		(3.91)	12.9		(2.76)	8.0		(2.38)	12.7		(2.33)	12.5		(2.38)	16.9		(3.04)	13.3		(2.39)
Two or more races	584		(11.7)	42.5		(0.91)	100.0		(†)	16.2		(0.97)	1.8		(0.33)	3.3		(0.44)	7.5		(0.73)	1.2		(0.31)	2.4		(0.42)	83.8		(0.97)	14.8		(1.01)	6.7		(0.74)	10.8		(0.78)	14.9		(0.98)	17.7		(1.07)	18.8		(1.04)
Nativity
Hispanic
U.S.-born4	5,922		(27.3)	22.0		(0.25)	100.0		(†)	17.5		(0.45)	2.3		(0.16)	6.1		(0.31)	5.7		(0.28)	1.2		(0.13)	2.3		(0.17)	82.5		(0.45)	18.3		(0.45)	6.9		(0.32)	7.7		(0.31)	11.9		(0.43)	18.3		(0.47)	19.4		(0.47)
Foreign-born	3,379		(26.4)	14.6		(0.34)	100.0		(†)	26.5		(0.77)	4.4		(0.39)	13.9		(0.58)	4.9		(0.38)	0.9		(0.17)	2.5		(0.25)	73.5		(0.77)	22.7		(0.85)	7.3		(0.56)	6.9		(0.48)	10.1		(0.55)	12.3		(0.61)	14.1		(0.67)
Asian
U.S.-born4	1,073		(13.8)	63.9		(0.65)	100.0		(†)	32.8		(0.70)	4.8		(0.28)	10.8		(0.51)	12.4		(0.53)	1.7		(0.25)	3.1		(0.32)	67.2		(0.70)	18.1		(0.56)	2.5		(0.26)	8.9		(0.51)	10.2		(0.42)	15.4		(0.58)	12.1		(0.44)
Foreign-born	2,049		(13.4)	69.6		(0.47)	100.0		(†)	51.5		(0.60)	12.7		(0.45)	25.4		(0.58)	7.3		(0.29)	2.1		(0.19)	3.9		(0.21)	48.5		(0.60)	17.1		(0.46)	2.0		(0.15)	7.6		(0.30)	7.1		(0.30)	7.7		(0.30)	7.0		(0.28)
Citizenship status
U.S.-born citizen	37,904		(46.0)	35.9		(0.14)	100.0		(†)	19.2		(0.14)	2.9		(0.05)	6.7		(0.09)	6.0		(0.08)	1.2		(0.04)	2.5		(0.05)	80.8		(0.14)	18.4		(0.13)	7.8		(0.08)	8.3		(0.08)	12.2		(0.13)	16.0		(0.13)	18.2		(0.14)
Naturalized citizen	2,459		(20.5)	41.6		(0.47)	100.0		(†)	28.0		(0.63)	5.0		(0.28)	10.4		(0.45)	8.8		(0.38)	0.9		(0.11)	2.8		(0.28)	72.0		(0.63)	22.3		(0.59)	4.1		(0.23)	11.1		(0.43)	8.7		(0.32)	13.9		(0.47)	12.0		(0.47)
Noncitizen	4,914		(34.8)	37.0		(0.34)	100.0		(†)	48.3		(0.52)	11.8		(0.40)	24.9		(0.49)	5.5		(0.24)	2.1		(0.14)	4.0		(0.21)	51.7		(0.52)	17.7		(0.40)	3.1		(0.20)	6.3		(0.21)	8.3		(0.27)	8.5		(0.28)	7.8		(0.26)

†Not applicable.

!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 Includes area, ethnic, and civilization studies; fine and commercial arts; English language and literature; liberal arts and humanities; linguistics and comparative language and literature; multi/interdisciplinary studies; philosophy and religious studies; and theology and religious vocations.

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 Respondents who wrote in some other race that was not included as an option on the questionnaire.

4 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: Data are based on sample surveys of the entire 25- to 34-year-old population 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). 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 10. Data were assembled based on major field aggregations. 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), 2018. (This table was prepared April 2020.)