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Title: Record Shares of Young Adults Have Finished Both High School and College
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Publication Year: 2012
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Abstract: Record shares of young adults are completing high school, going to college and finishing college, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of newly available census data. In 2012, for the first time ever, one-third of the nations 25- to 29-year-olds have completed at least a bachelors degree.These across-the-board increases have occurred despite dramatic immigration-driven changes in the racial and ethnic composition of college-age young adults, a trend that had led some experts to expect a decline in educational attainment.College completion is now at record levels among key demographic groups: men and women; blacks, whites and Hispanics; and foreign-born and native-born Americans.Also, a record share of the nations young adults ages 25 to 29 (90%) has finished at least a high school education. And another record share63%has completed at least some college.
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Authors: Parker, Kim; Fry, Richard
Publisher: Pew Research Center - Social & Demographic Trends
Data Collections: IPUMS CPS
Topics: Education
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