High School and College Graduates

Educational Attainment by Race and Hispanic Origin

Age and year	White1			Black1			Hispanic
	Less than 5 years of elementary school	High school completion or higher2	4 or more years of college3	Less than 5 years of elementary school	High school completion or higher2	4 or more years of college3	Less than 5 years of elementary school	High school completion or higher2	4 or more years of college3
March 1980	1.9	71.9	18.4	9.1	51.4	7.9	15.8%	44.5%	7.6%
March 1985	1.4	77.5	20.8	6.1	59.9	11.1	13.5	47.9	8.5
March 1990	1.1	81.4	23.1	5.1	66.2	11.3	12.3	50.8	9.2
March 1992	0.9	83.4	23.2	3.9	67.7	11.9	11.8	52.6	9.3
March 1993	0.8	84.1	23.8	3.7	70.5	12.2	11.8	53.1	9.0
March 1994	0.8	84.9	24.3	2.7	73.0	12.9	10.8	53.3	9.1
March 1995	0.7	85.9	23.4	2.5	73.8	13.3	10.6	53.4	9.3
March 1996	0.6	86.0	25.9	2.2	74.6	13.8	10.4	53.1	9.3
March 1997	0.6	86.3	26.2	2.0	75.3	13.3	9.4	54.7	10.3
March 1998	0.6	87.1	26.6	1.7	76.4	14.8	9.3	55.5	11.0
March 1999	0.6	87.7	27.7	1.8	77.4	15.5	9.0	56.1	10.9
March 2000	0.5	88.4	28.1	1.6	78.9	16.6	8.7	57.0	10.6
March 2001	0.5	88.7	28.6	1.3	79.5	16.1	9.3	56.5	11.2
March 2002	0.5	88.7	29.4	1.6	79.2	17.2	8.7	57.0	11.1
March 2004	0.4	90.0	30.6	1.4	80.6	17.6	8.1	58.4	12.1

NOTE: (—) = not available.
¹ Includes persons of Hispanic origin for years prior to 1980.
² Data for years prior to 1993 include all persons with at least 4 years of high school.
³ Data for 1993 and later years are for persons with a bachelor's or higher degree.

High School and College Graduates

	High school			College1
School year	Men	Women	Total2	Men	Women	Total
1979–1980	1,491,000	1,552,000	3,043,000	473,611	455,806	929,417
1984–1985	—	—	2,767,000	482,528	496,949	979,477
1989–1990	—	—	2,744,000	491,696	559,648	1,051,344
1994–1995	—	—	2,520,000	526,131	634,003	1,160,134
1998–1999	—	—	2,762,000	518,746	681,557	1,200,303
1999–2000	—	—	2,809,0003	530,367	707,508	1,237,875
2000–2001	—	—	2,821,0003	524,0004	685,0004	1,209,0004

¹ Bachelors's degrees. Includes first-professional degrees for years 1900–1960.
² Includes graduates of public and private schools.
³ Public high school graduates based on state estimates.
⁴ Projected.
n.a. = not available.
NOTE: Includes graduates from public and private schools. Beginning in 1959–60, figures include Alaska and Hawaii. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals. Most recent data available.