Digest of Education Statistics
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Table 302.20.Percentage of recent high school completers enrolled in college, by selected race/ethnicity and level of institution: 1960 through 2024
[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Level of institution and year Percent of recent high school completers enrolled in college (annual data)1 3-year moving averages2
Total Asian3 Black Hispanic White Percent of recent high school completers enrolled in college1 Difference between percent enrolled
Total Asian3 Black Hispanic White White-Asian3 White-Black White-Hispanic
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Total
1960 45.1 (2.16) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 45.8 4 (2.24) 46.6 (1.52) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 47.7 4 (1.58) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†)
1961 48.0 (2.12) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 49.5 4 (2.22) 47.4 (1.22) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 48.7 4 (1.28) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†)
1962 49.0 (2.08) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 50.6 4 (2.19) 47.4 (1.22) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 48.6 4 (1.27) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†)
1963 45.0 (2.12) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 45.6 4 (2.21) 47.5 (1.18) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 48.5 4 (1.23) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†)
1964 48.3 (1.92) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 49.2 4 (2.01) 48.5 (1.10) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 49.2 4 (1.15) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†)

1965
50.9 (1.73)
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(†)

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(†)

---

(†)
51.7
4
(1.81) 49.9 (1.03)
---


(†)

---

(†)

---

(†)
51.0
4
(1.08)
---


(†)

---


(†)

---


(†)
1966 50.1 (1.74) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 51.7 4 (1.82) 51.0 (1.01) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 52.1 4 (1.06) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†)
1967 51.9 (1.44) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 53.0 4 (1.52) 52.5 (0.82) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 53.8 4 (0.87) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†)
1968 55.4 (1.41) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 56.6 4 (1.50) 53.6 (0.81) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 55.0 4 (0.86) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†)
1969 53.3 (1.36) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 55.2 4 (1.43) 53.5 (0.80) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 54.6 4 (0.85) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†)

1970
51.7 (1.38)
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(†)

---

(†)

---

(†)
52.0
4
(1.46) 52.9 (0.79)
---


(†)

---

(†)

---

(†)
53.8
4
(0.83)
---


(†)

---


(†)

---


(†)
1971 53.5 (1.35) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 54.0 4 (1.42) 51.5 (0.78) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 51.9 4 (0.83) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†)
1972 49.2 (1.33) --- (†) 44.6 (4.74) 45.0 (12.85) 49.7 (1.45) 49.7 (0.77) --- (†) 38.4 (3.26) 49.9 (8.76) 50.5 (0.83) --- (†) 12.1 (3.36) (†)
1973 46.6 (1.31) --- (†) 32.5 (4.40) 54.1 (11.89) 47.8 (1.43) 47.8 (0.76) --- (†) 41.4 (2.68) 48.8 (7.04) 48.2 (0.83) --- (†) 6.8 ! (2.81) (†)
1974 47.6 (1.30) --- (†) 47.2 (4.69) 46.9 (11.79) 47.2 (1.42) 48.3 (0.75) --- (†) 40.5 (2.69) 53.1 (6.72) 48.7 (0.82) --- (†) 8.3 ! (2.82) (†)

1975
50.7 (1.29)
---


(†)
41.7 (4.81) 58.0 (11.14) 51.1
(1.40) 49.1 (0.75)
---


(†)
44.5 (2.78) 52.7 (6.44) 49.1
(0.82)
---


(†)



(†)



(†)
1976 48.8 (1.33) --- (†) 44.4 (4.94) 52.7 (10.52) 48.8 (1.45) 50.1 (0.75) --- (†) 45.3 (2.78) 53.6 (6.18) 50.3 (0.82) --- (†) (†) (†)
1977 50.6 (1.30) --- (†) 49.5 (4.70) 50.8 (10.43) 50.8 (1.42) 49.9 (0.75) --- (†) 46.8 (2.73) 48.8 (6.18) 50.1 (0.83) --- (†) (†) (†)
1978 50.1 (1.29) --- (†) 46.4 (4.55) 42.0 (11.06) 50.5 (1.42) 50.0 (0.75) --- (†) 47.5 (2.69) 46.1 (6.14) 50.4 (0.82) --- (†) (†) (†)
1979 49.3 (1.29) --- (†) 46.7 (4.73) 45.0 (10.37) 49.9 (1.42) 49.6 (0.75) --- (†) 45.2 (2.65) 46.3 (6.32) 50.1 (0.82) --- (†) (†) (†)

1980
49.3 (1.31)
---


(†)
42.7 (4.48) 52.3 (11.39) 49.8
(1.44) 50.8 (0.75)
---


(†)
44.0 (2.64) 49.6 (6.25) 51.5
(0.83)
---


(†)
7.5
!
(2.76)


(†)
1981 53.9 (1.31) --- (†) 42.7 (4.48) 52.1 (10.73) 54.9 (1.45) 51.3 (0.76) --- (†) 40.3 (2.53) 48.7 (6.13) 52.4 (0.84) --- (†) 12.2 (2.66) (†)
1982 50.6 (1.38) --- (†) 35.8 (4.39) 43.2 (10.37) 52.7 (1.54) 52.4 (0.80) --- (†) 38.8 (2.61) 49.4 (6.44) 54.2 (0.90) --- (†) 15.4 (2.76) (†)
1983 52.7 (1.41) --- (†) 38.2 (4.41) 54.2 (11.69) 55.0 (1.57) 52.8 (0.81) --- (†) 38.0 (2.50) 46.7 (6.16) 55.5 (0.90) --- (†) 17.5 (2.66) (†)
1984 55.2 (1.39) --- (†) 39.8 (4.21) 44.3 (10.00) 59.0 (1.57) 55.1 (0.82) --- (†) 39.9 (2.58) 49.3 (6.38) 57.9 (0.92) --- (†) 18.0 (2.74) (†)

1985
57.7 (1.47)
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(†)
42.2 (4.86) 51.0 (9.79) 60.1
(1.64) 55.5 (0.83)
---


(†)
39.5 (2.59) 46.1 (5.20) 58.6
(0.93)
---


(†)
19.1
(2.75) 12.5
!
(5.28)
1986 53.8 (1.45) --- (†) 36.9 (4.44) 44.0 (8.88) 56.8 (1.64) 56.1 (0.85) --- (†) 43.5 (2.75) 42.3 (5.21) 58.5 (0.96) --- (†) 15.0 (2.91) 16.2 ! (5.30)
1987 56.8 (1.48) --- (†) 52.2 (4.90) 33.5 (8.28) 58.6 (1.68) 56.5 (0.85) --- (†) 44.2 (2.69) 45.0 (5.06) 58.8 (0.96) --- (†) 14.6 (2.86) 13.8 ! (5.15)
1988 58.9 (1.60) --- (†) 44.4 (4.98) 57.1 (9.60) 61.1 (1.82) 58.4 (0.94) --- (†) 49.7 (3.02) 48.5 (5.67) 60.1 (1.07) --- (†) 10.4 ! (3.20) 11.6 ! (5.77)
1989 59.6 (1.58) 81.1 (10.23) 53.4 (5.07) 55.1 (9.21) 60.7 (1.79) 59.5 (0.90) 81.4 (6.36) 48.0 (2.87) 52.7 (5.54) 61.6 (1.02) -19.8 ! (6.44) 13.6 (3.04) (†)

1990
60.1 (1.60) 81.7
(8.12) 46.8 (5.08) 42.7 (10.82) 63.0
(1.80) 60.7 (0.92) 81.4
(6.36) 48.9 (2.97) 52.5 (5.70) 63.0
(1.04) -18.5
!
(6.44) 14.0
(3.14)


(†)
1991 62.5 (1.62) 78.9 (9.04) 46.4 (5.24) 57.2 (9.57) 65.4 (1.82) 61.5 (0.92) 80.6 (5.21) 47.2 (2.93) 52.6 (5.52) 64.2 (1.05) -16.3 ! (5.31) 17.0 (3.11) 11.7 ! (5.62)
1992 61.9 (1.58) 81.7 (7.00) 48.2 (4.91) 55.0 (8.50) 64.3 (1.84) 62.3 (0.92) 80.9 (4.58) 50.0 (2.97) 58.2 (5.04) 64.2 (1.06) -16.7 (4.70) 14.2 (3.16) (†)
1993 62.6 (1.59) 86.2 (6.63) 55.6 (5.27) 62.2 (8.21) 62.9 (1.86) 62.1 (0.91) 82.5 (4.30) 51.3 (2.96) 55.7 (4.97) 63.9 (1.04) -18.6 (4.42) 12.6 (3.14) (†)
1994 61.9 (1.54) 78.3 (8.55) 50.8 (5.20) 49.1 (9.00) 64.5 (1.74) 62.1 (0.89) 82.2 (4.25) 52.4 (2.97) 55.0 (4.63) 64.0 (1.03) -18.2 (4.37) 11.5 (3.14) (†)

1995
61.9 (1.41) 83.0
(6.94) 51.2 (4.22) 53.7 (4.94) 64.3
(1.65) 63.0 (0.81) 82.7
(4.47) 52.9 (2.40) 51.6 (3.19) 65.4
(0.94) -17.3
(4.57) 12.5
(2.58) 13.8
(3.33)
1996 65.0 (1.42) 85.3 (5.21) 56.0 (4.03) 50.8 (5.79) 67.4 (1.66) 64.7 (0.82) 82.7 (3.59) 55.4 (2.41) 57.6 (2.96) 66.6 (0.97) -16.0 (3.72) 11.3 (2.60) 9.0 ! (3.11)
1997 67.0 (1.37) 80.5 (6.09) 58.5 (4.11) 65.6 (4.52) 68.2 (1.64) 65.9 (0.80) 83.0 (3.49) 58.8 (2.35) 55.3 (2.93) 68.1 (0.94) -15.0 (3.62) 9.3 (2.53) 12.8 (3.08)
1998 65.6 (1.38) 85.5 (5.71) 61.9 (4.04) 47.4 (4.92) 68.5 (1.61) 65.2 (0.80) 83.8 (3.28) 59.8 (2.31) 51.9 (2.79) 67.7 (0.94) -16.1 (3.41) 7.9 ! (2.49) 15.7 (2.94)
1999 62.9 (1.38) 78.3 (5.73) 58.9 (3.85) 42.3 (4.76) 66.3 (1.63) 64.0 (0.80) 81.1 (3.40) 58.6 (2.31) 47.4 (2.84) 66.8 (0.94) -14.3 (3.53) 8.3 ! (2.50) 19.5 (2.99)

2000
63.3 (1.41) 81.0
(6.29) 54.9 (4.10) 52.9 (5.03) 65.7
(1.66) 62.7 (0.82) 81.3
(3.44) 56.4 (2.33) 48.6 (2.96) 65.4
(0.96) -15.8
(3.57) 9.1
(2.52) 16.9
(3.11)
2001 61.8 (1.41) 73.8 (8.71) 55.0 (3.96) 51.7 (5.33) 64.3 (1.63) 63.5 (0.78) 78.4 (3.87) 56.4 (2.26) 52.8 (2.78) 66.3 (0.92) -12.0 ! (3.97) 10.0 (2.44) 13.5 (2.93)
2002 65.2 (1.31) 63.7 (6.51) 59.4 (3.90) 53.6 (4.46) 69.1 (1.55) 63.7 (0.78) 71.9 (4.05) 57.3 (2.33) 54.8 (2.75) 66.5 (0.92) (†) 9.3 (2.50) 11.7 (2.90)
20035 63.9 (1.35) 84.1 (5.10) 57.5 (4.25) 58.6 (4.61) 66.2 (1.61) 65.3 (0.77) 74.2 (3.51) 59.9 (2.29) 57.7 (2.66) 68.0 (0.91) (†) 8.1 ! (2.46) 10.3 (2.81)
20045 66.7 (1.31) 75.6 (6.13) 62.5 (3.77) 61.8 (4.76) 68.8 (1.57) 66.4 (0.77) 81.6 (3.37) 58.8 (2.34) 57.7 (2.60) 69.4 (0.91) -12.2 (3.49) 10.6 (2.51) 11.7 (2.75)

20055
68.6 (1.31) 86.7
(5.99) 55.7 (4.15) 54.0 (4.18) 73.2
(1.52) 67.1 (0.76) 80.9
(3.64) 58.2 (2.35) 57.5 (2.52) 70.2
(0.90) -10.7
!
(3.75) 12.0
(2.52) 12.6
(2.67)
20065 66.0 (1.33) 82.3 (5.32) 55.5 (4.33) 57.9 (4.18) 68.5 (1.60) 67.2 (0.75) 85.1 (3.64) 55.6 (2.35) 58.5 (2.43) 70.4 (0.89) -14.7 (3.74) 14.7 (2.51) 11.9 (2.59)
20075 67.2 (1.26) 88.8 (6.26) 55.7 (3.78) 64.0 (4.22) 69.5 (1.49) 67.3 (0.73) 85.8 (3.45) 55.7 (2.27) 62.0 (2.33) 70.0 (0.87) -15.8 (3.56) 14.3 (2.43) 8.0 ! (2.48)
20085 68.6 (1.21) 88.4 (5.08) 55.7 (3.78) 63.9 (3.72) 71.7 (1.44) 68.6 (0.71) 90.1 (3.01) 60.3 (2.15) 62.3 (2.25) 70.8 (0.86) -19.2 (3.13) 10.5 (2.31) 8.6 (2.41)
20095 70.1 (1.23) 92.1 (3.90) 69.5 (3.51) 59.3 (3.80) 71.3 (1.53) 68.9 (0.70) 88.1 (2.85) 62.4 (2.09) 60.9 (2.14) 71.2 (0.86) -16.9 (2.98) 8.8 (2.26) 10.3 (2.31)

20105
68.1 (1.49) 84.7
(5.27) 62.0 (4.81) 59.7 (4.18) 70.5
(1.68) 68.8 (0.71) 87.4
(2.78) 66.1 (2.01) 62.3 (2.01) 70.1
(0.90) -17.3
(2.92)


(†)
7.8
(2.21)
20115 68.2 (1.45) 86.1 (4.25) 67.1 (4.01) 66.6 (3.50) 68.3 (1.86) 67.5 (0.89) 83.9 (2.79) 62.1 (2.86) 66.1 (2.17) 68.2 (1.03) -15.7 (2.97) 6.1 ! (3.04) (†)
20125 66.2 (1.59) 81.5 (5.15) 56.4 (4.84) 70.3 (3.22) 65.7 (1.94) 66.8 (0.94) 82.3 (3.59) 60.5 (2.64) 65.9 (1.99) 67.6 (1.12) -14.7 (3.76) 7.1 ! (2.87) (†)
20135 65.9 (1.58) 80.1 (6.52) 56.7 (5.59) 59.8 (3.62) 68.8 (1.90) 66.8 (0.98) 83.6 (3.20) 60.7 (3.09) 65.5 (2.06) 67.4 (1.26) -16.2 (3.44) 6.7 ! (3.34) (†)
20145 68.4 (1.67) 90.9 (3.91) 70.2 (4.56) 65.2 (4.08) 67.7 (2.25) 67.8 (1.00) 84.2 (3.16) 60.6 (3.40) 64.7 (2.16) 69.3 (1.17) -14.9 (3.37) 8.8 ! (3.59) (†)

20155
69.2 (1.54) 83.2
(4.65) 55.6 (5.69) 68.9 (3.64) 71.3
(1.74) 69.1 (1.07) 88.5
(2.48) 60.8 (3.41) 69.0 (2.05) 69.6
(1.32) -18.9
(2.81) 8.8
!
(3.66)


(†)
20165 69.8 (1.64) 91.9 (3.65) 57.3 (6.11) 72.0 (3.24) 69.7 (2.34) 68.6 (1.02) 85.7 (2.60) 57.5 (3.44) 67.6 (2.20) 70.1 (1.28) -15.7 (2.90) 12.6 (3.67) (†)
20175 66.7 (1.68) 82.7 (5.20) 59.4 (4.79) 61.0 (3.98) 69.1 (2.09) 68.6 (1.00) 82.0 (2.96) 60.7 (2.86) 66.5 (2.19) 69.9 (1.23) -12.1 (3.20) 9.2 ! (3.11) (†)
20185 69.1 (1.62) 73.6 (5.64) 64.5 (4.37) 65.4 (3.59) 70.9 (1.93) 67.4 (1.04) 82.1 (3.01) 58.1 (2.76) 63.4 (2.13) 69.3 (1.26) -12.7 (3.26) 11.2 (3.04) 5.9 ! (2.48)
20195 66.2 (1.80) 89.8 (3.99) 49.8 (4.94) 63.4 (4.05) 68.0 (2.41) 66.0 (1.04) 82.1 (3.00) 57.5 (2.88) 61.5 (2.17) 68.0 (1.34) -14.1 (3.29) 10.5 ! (3.18) 6.5 ! (2.55)

20205
62.7 (1.76) 82.7
(5.49) 57.5 (5.56) 56.2 (3.94) 65.0
(2.33) 63.7 (1.07) 86.0
(2.81) 55.4 (3.07) 59.3 (2.25) 65.3
(1.48) -20.7
(3.18) 9.9
!
(3.41) 6.0
!
(2.69)
20215 61.8 (1.86) 85.2 (6.80) 59.2 (5.74) 58.6 (4.53) 62.3 (2.68) 62.2 (1.01) 80.7 (3.65) 59.2 (3.16) 57.5 (2.26) 63.8 (1.56) -16.9 (3.96) (†) 6.3 ! (2.74)
20225 62.0 (2.06) 74.5 (7.55) 60.9 (6.26) 58.0 (4.47) 64.0 (2.63) 61.8 (1.11) 81.4 (3.57) 60.9 (3.41) 55.9 (2.83) 63.0 (1.62) -18.4 (3.92) (†) 7.1 ! (3.26)
20235 61.4 (1.89) 84.2 (5.47) 62.5 (5.76) 51.8 (4.58) 62.5 (2.61) 62.1 (1.12) 85.6 (3.37) 60.6 (3.67) 54.9 (2.82) 63.8 (1.46) -21.8 (4.77) (†) 8.9 ! (4.40)
20245 62.8 (2.04) 96.6 (2.56) 58.8 (6.68) 55.5 (4.01) 64.9 (2.49) 62.1 (1.39) 90.2 (3.12) 60.5 (4.48) 53.7 (3.24) 63.7 (1.80) -26.4 (4.41) (†) 10.0 ! (4.50)

2-year college

20145 24.6 (1.56) 24.0 (6.28) 27.7 (4.24) 35.5 (4.94) 19.8 (1.82) 24.6 (0.82) 26.2 (3.68) 22.3 (2.58) 33.8 (2.21) 21.9 (0.95) (†) (†) -12.0 (2.41)
20155 25.2 (1.48) 24.9 (6.58) 19.3 (4.16) 38.2 (3.59) 22.7 (1.92) 24.5 (0.89) 19.9 (3.27) 22.8 (2.59) 35.2 (2.27) 21.4 (1.00) (†) (†) -13.9 (2.48)
20165 23.7 (1.56) 11.0 ! (4.26) 21.8 (4.52) 32.6 (3.69) 21.6 (2.05) 23.9 (0.89) 21.0 (3.57) 21.4 (2.47) 31.8 (2.22) 21.7 (1.08) (†) (†) -10.1 (2.47)
20175 22.6 (1.50) 26.0 (6.21) 23.0 (4.19) 24.5 (3.39) 20.7 (1.93) 24.0 (0.83) 17.0 (3.23) 22.3 (2.37) 30.8 (2.13) 21.9 (1.08) (†) (†) -8.9 (2.39)
20185 25.5 (1.54) 13.8 ! (4.63) 22.2 (4.19) 33.9 (3.76) 23.2 (1.87) 23.3 (0.90) 19.4 (3.23) 21.7 (2.57) 28.5 (2.06) 21.2 (1.18) (†) (†) -7.2 ! (2.37)

20195
21.8 (1.46) 19.1
!
(5.78) 19.9 (4.38) 26.0 (3.60) 19.8
(2.01) 22.4 (0.87) 13.0
(2.56) 21.1 (2.59) 30.0 (2.05) 19.8
(1.11) 6.8
!
(2.79)


(†)
-10.2
(2.33)
20205 19.9 (1.71) (†) 21.2 (4.38) 29.7 (3.90) 16.1 (1.85) 20.2 (0.91) 11.7 (2.78) 19.4 (2.40) 25.3 (2.04) 18.3 (1.19) 6.6 ! (3.03) (†) -7.0 ! (2.36)
20215 18.5 (1.50) 9.3 ! (4.58) 16.8 (3.99) 19.0 (3.10) 19.0 (2.11) 18.5 (0.93) 8.7 (2.51) 17.0 (2.25) 24.9 (2.17) 17.0 (1.06) 8.4 ! (2.73) (†) -7.9 ! (2.41)
20225 16.9 (1.38) 11.4 ! (4.79) 12.9 (3.22) 25.0 (3.73) 16.2 (1.81) 16.9 (0.79) 7.9 (2.19) 16.9 (2.25) 22.8 (1.93) 15.7 (0.98) 7.9 ! (2.40) (†) -7.1 ! (2.16)
20235 15.6 (1.38) (†) 21.2 (4.86) 24.2 (3.36) 12.2 (1.61) 17.8 (0.83) 10.2 (2.58) 17.4 (2.17) 23.6 (1.99) 16.6 (1.11) (†) (†) -7.0 ! (3.25)

20245
20.7 (1.58) 15.8
!
(5.43) 18.2 (4.69) 22.0 (3.38) 21.2
(2.36) 18.2 (1.05) 9.7
!
(3.19) 19.6 (2.85) 23.0 (2.42) 16.8
(1.44)


(†)



(†)



(†)
4-year college or 
   university
20145 43.7 (1.81) 67.0 (6.83) 42.5 (5.50) 29.7 (3.72) 48.0 (2.41) 43.3 (1.09) 58.0 (4.05) 38.3 (3.26) 30.8 (2.14) 47.4 (1.35) -10.6 ! (4.27) 9.1 ! (3.53) 16.6 (2.53)
20155 44.0 (1.61) 58.2 (6.36) 36.3 (5.58) 30.6 (3.50) 48.6 (2.04) 44.6 (1.08) 68.5 (3.58) 38.0 (3.22) 33.8 (2.12) 48.2 (1.34) -20.3 (3.82) 10.2 ! (3.49) 14.5 (2.51)
20165 46.0 (1.85) 80.9 (5.82) 35.5 (5.01) 39.3 (3.51) 48.1 (2.55) 44.8 (1.03) 64.8 (3.80) 36.1 (3.17) 35.8 (2.26) 48.4 (1.36) -16.4 (4.04) 12.3 (3.45) 12.6 (2.64)
20175 44.2 (1.83) 56.7 (6.88) 36.4 (4.73) 36.5 (4.43) 48.4 (2.27) 44.6 (1.02) 64.9 (3.95) 38.3 (2.73) 35.7 (2.08) 48.0 (1.39) -16.9 (4.19) 9.7 ! (3.06) 12.3 (2.50)
20185 43.6 (1.76) 59.8 (6.56) 42.3 (4.61) 31.5 (3.52) 47.6 (2.38) 44.0 (1.02) 62.7 (4.17) 36.4 (2.88) 35.0 (2.06) 48.1 (1.38) -14.6 ! (4.39) 11.7 (3.19) 13.1 (2.48)

20195
44.4 (1.67) 70.7
(6.68) 29.9 (4.87) 37.4 (4.05) 48.2
(2.41) 43.6 (1.05) 69.1
(3.60) 36.3 (2.68) 31.6 (2.04) 48.3
(1.47) -20.9
(3.89) 11.9
(3.05) 16.7
(2.51)
20205 42.8 (1.86) 76.9 (6.25) 36.2 (4.88) 26.5 (3.30) 48.9 (2.59) 43.5 (1.19) 74.3 (3.68) 36.0 (2.79) 34.0 (2.05) 47.0 (1.67) -27.3 (4.04) 11.0 (3.26) 13.0 (2.65)
20215 43.3 (2.10) 75.9 (7.80) 42.5 (5.62) 39.5 (4.17) 43.3 (2.91) 43.7 (1.16) 72.1 (4.29) 42.2 (3.19) 32.6 (2.14) 46.8 (1.59) -25.2 (4.57) (†) 14.2 (2.66)
20225 45.1 (2.12) 63.1 (8.07) 48.0 (6.58) 33.0 (4.62) 47.8 (2.78) 44.8 (1.15) 73.5 (3.96) 44.0 (3.52) 33.1 (2.57) 47.2 (1.65) -26.3 (4.29) (†) 14.1 (3.05)
20235 45.9 (2.01) 80.1 (6.11) 41.3 (5.99) 27.7 (4.01) 50.3 (2.74) 44.3 (1.21) 75.4 (4.01) 43.2 (3.77) 31.4 (2.59) 47.2 (1.70) -28.2 (5.67) (†) 15.9 ! (4.77)

20245
42.1 (2.02) 80.8
(5.82) 40.6 (6.25) 33.5 (3.82) 43.7
(2.88) 43.9 (1.48) 80.4
(4.43) 40.9 (4.48) 30.7 (2.93) 47.0
(2.04) -33.5
(6.26)


(†)
16.3
!
(5.31)
---Not available.
†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.
1High school completers are individuals ages 16 to 24 who graduated from high school or completed a GED or other high school equivalency credential. Enrollment in college as of October of each year for individuals ages 16 to 24 who had completed high school earlier in the calendar year.
2A 3-year moving average is a weighted average of the year indicated, the year immediately preceding, and the year immediately following. For the first and final years of available data, a 2-year moving average is used: The moving average for 1960 reflects an average of 1960 and 1961; for Black and Hispanic data, the moving average for 1972 reflects an average of 1972 and 1973; for Asian-only data, the moving average for 2003 reflects an average of 2003 and 2004; and the moving average for 2024 reflects an average of 2023 and 2024. Moving averages are used to produce more stable estimates.
3Prior to 2003, Asian data include Pacific Islanders and Native Hawaiians.
4Prior to 1972, White data include persons of Hispanic ethnicity.
5After 2002, Asian, Black, and White data exclude persons of Two or more races. In 2002 and earlier years, each respondent could select only one race category.
NOTE: Data are weighted estimates of the population. Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Data include the civilian noninstitutionalized population and exclude persons in the military and persons living in institutions (e.g., prisons or nursing facilities). Prior to 2010, standard errors were computed using generalized variance function methodology rather than the more precise replicate weight methodology used in later years. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity except where otherwise noted. Black includes African American and Hispanic includes Latino. Totals include persons of other racial/ethnic groups not separately shown. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE: American College Testing Program, unpublished tabulations, derived from statistics collected by the Census Bureau, 1960 through 1969. U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), October, 1970 through 2024. (This table was prepared March 2026.)

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