Persons identifying as Hispanic or Latino, without regard to race, had the lowest educational attainment. The gap was the largest between foreign-born Asian Americans, over half (50.1%) of whom had a bachelor's degree or higher and foreign-born Hispanics, 9.8% of whom had a four-year college degree.
American Indian/Alaska Native youth had the highest status dropout rate (10.1 percent) of all racial/ethnic groups, including youth who were Hispanic (8.2 percent), Black (6.5 percent), of Two or more races (4.5 percent), White (4.3 percent), Pacific Islander (3.9 percent), and Asian (2.1 percent).
At four-year institutions, black men completed their degrees at the lowest rate (40 percent) and Asian women at the highest (75.7 percent).
Education. According to a data provided by Rice University in Texas, Nigerian-Americans are the most educated ethnic group in the United States. According to the Migrations Policy Institute 29% of Nigerian-Americans have graduate degrees (compared to 11% of the overall American population).
In 2018, 23% of the African American population aged 25 to 29 held a bachelor's degree or higher, compared to 44% of the white population in the same age range.
Graduation rates vary greatly by state and race. Nationwide, black students graduated at a rate of 69 percent; Hispanics graduated at 73 percent; whites graduated at a rate of 86 percent.
Percentage of latinas with a master's degree In 2016
Latinas received 64% of Master's degrees granted to Hispanics, Latinos received 36%.The 150 percent graduation rate was highest for Asian students (36 percent), followed by Pacific Islander students (34 percent), White students (32 percent), Hispanic students (30 percent), American Indian/Alaska Native students (27 percent), students of Two or more races (25 percent), and Black students (23 percent).
There have been several precedents changing the college admissions process over the years. This means public colleges and universities can strive to have a certain percentage of minority students, but they cannot turn away other qualified applicants in order to reach this goal.
More than half of Hispanic students — 54 percent — now finish a bachelor's degree within six years, up from 46 percent in 2002, the Education Department says. That's the good news: More Hispanics are going to college, and their graduation rates are rising.
Thirty-four percent of U.S.-born Americans have a four-year college degree. That rate is similar to the 33 percent of those born in other countries.
In 2017, the population was 61 percent white, 18 percent Hispanic, 12.3 percent black, 5.7 percent Asian, 1.9 percent one or more race, 0.7 percent American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.3 percent Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander.
The official four-year graduation rate for students attending public colleges and universities is 33.3%. The six-year rate is 57.6%. At private colleges and universities, the four-year graduation rate is 52.8%, and 65.4% earn a degree in six years.
The number of total students enrolled at an HBCU rose by 32% between 1976 and 2015, from 223,000 to 293,000.
Overall, Asian young adults (57.2 percent) were the most likely to enroll in college, while Native Hawaiians or other Pacific Islanders (20.4 percent) and American Indians or Alaska Natives (18.8 percent) were the least likely.
Among students enrolled in four-year public institutions, 45.9 percent of black students complete their degrees in six years—the lowest rate compared to other races and ethnicities. Black men have the lowest completion rate at 40 percent.
Hispanic or Latino” refers to a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race."
The Department of Labor cites different numbers for Latinas, 25-34 years of age (all civilian noninstitutionalized) in 2014: 14.5 percent with Bachelor's degree compared to 37 percent of all women.
0.7% of the Hispanic/Latino population 25+ have a PhD
0.11% of the population 25+ are both Hispanic/Latino and have a PhD.Physics is the hardest and most coveted PhD.
If you are coming into graduate school with only a bachelor's degree (no master's), then you would need two years to complete your master's through coursework. If you count your time doing your coursework, it would be near impossible to finish PhD in 2 years as you need to do both courses and top-quality research.
Top 10 Youngest People to Earn Their Doctorates
- Balamurali Ambati – Age 17.
- Ruth Lawrence – Age 17.
- Norbert Wiener – Age 17.
- Sho Yano – Age 18.
- Juliet Beni – Age 19.
- Charles Homer Haskins – Age 19.
- Erik Demaine – Age 20.
- Akshay Venkatesh – Age 20. Venkatesh is an Australian born mathematician who graduated from secondary school at the age of 13.
Wrapping Up
| Professions | Avg. Length Of 1st Work Exp. (In Years) | Avg. Length Of 2nd Work Exp. (In Years) |
|---|
| Data Processing | 5.32 | 3.63 |
| Ceramic Sciences And Engineering | 4.84 | 3.1 |
| Religious Education | 4.49 | 3.43 |
| Secretarial And Administrative Science | 4.16 | 3.04 |
Jichkar holds the Limca Book of Records for the most qualified person in India. Jichkar was also an academician, painter, professional photographer, and stage actor.
A PhD takes twice as long as a bachelor's degree to complete. The average student takes 8.2 years to slog through a PhD program and is 33 years old before earning that top diploma. By that age, most Americans with mere bachelor's degree are well into establishing themselves professionally.
According to an OECD report, the United States is the largest PhD producer of any country worldwide by far, churning out 67,449 graduates in 2014. That's well over twice as many as second-placed Germany's 28,147. The United Kingdom rounds off the top-three with 25,020 PhDs.
