Educational Attainment

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Table HS-22

Educational Attainment by Sex (1910 to 2002)

In percent. As of March, except as indicated. For persons whose educational attainment is known. Noninstitutional population, except 1940, 1950, and 1960 based on resident population

		1910⁴	1920⁴	1930⁴	1940⁵	1947	1950⁵	1952	1957	1959	1960⁵	1962	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Educational Attainment by Sex (1910 to 2002)
4 Or More Years Of College¹	Total	2.7	3.3	3.9	4.6	5.4	6.2	7.0	7.6	8.1	7.7	8.9	9.1	9.4	9.8	10.1	10.5	10.7	11.0	11.4	12.0	12.6	13.3	13.9	14.7	15.4	15.7	16.4	17.0	17.1	17.7	18.8	19.1	19.4	19.4	19.9	20.3	21.1	20.3	21.4	21.4	21.9	22.2	23.0	23.6	23.9	24.4	25.2	25.6	26.2	26.7
4 Years Of High School Or More²	Total	13.5	16.4	19.1	24.5	33.1	34.3	38.8	41.6	43.7	41.0	46.3	48.0	49.0	49.9	51.1	52.6	54.0	55.2	56.4	58.2	59.8	61.2	62.5	64.1	64.9	65.9	67.7	68.6	69.7	71.0	72.1	73.3	73.9	74.7	75.6	76.2	76.9	77.6	78.4	79.4	80.2	80.9	81.7	81.7	82.1	82.8	83.4	84.1	84.1	84.1
Female	4 Or More Years Of College¹	(NA)³	(NA)³	(NA)³	3.8	4.7	5.2	5.8	5.8	6.0	5.8	6.7	6.8	7.1	7.4	7.6	8.0	8.1	8.2	8.5	9.0	9.6	10.1	10.6	11.3	12.0	12.2	12.9	13.6	13.4	14.0	15.1	15.7	16.0	16.1	16.5	17.0	18.1	18.4	18.8	18.6	19.2	19.6	20.2	21.4	21.7	22.4	23.1	23.6	24.3	25.1
	4 Years Of High School Or More²	(NA)³	(NA)³	(NA)³	26.3	34.7	36.0	40.5	43.3	45.2	42.5	47.5	48.9	49.9	50.8	51.7	53.2	54.4	55.4	56.6	58.2	59.6	60.9	62.1	63.5	64.4	65.2	67.1	68.1	69.1	70.3	71.5	73.0	73.5	74.4	75.3	76.0	76.6	77.5	78.3	79.2	80.0	80.7	81.6	81.6	82.2	82.9	83.4	84.0	84.2	84.4
	Less Than 5 Years Of Elementary School	(NA)³	(NA)³	(NA)³	12.4	9.6	10.1	7.9	8.1	7.2	7.3	6.9	6.2	5.9	5.7	5.4	5.3	5.1	4.7	4.5	4.2	4.2	4.1	3.8	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.2	3.2	3.1	2.8	2.8	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.3	2.4	2.2	2.1	2.0	2.0	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5
Less Than 5 Years Of Elementary School	Total	23.8	22.0	17.5	13.7	10.6	11.2	9.2	9.1	8.2	8.3	7.8	7.1	6.8	6.5	6.1	5.9	5.6	5.3	5.0	4.6	4.5	4.4	4.2	3.9	3.7	3.6	3.5	3.4	3.3	3.0	3.0	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.1	2.1	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6
Male	4 Or More Years Of College¹	(NA)³	(NA)³	(NA)³	5.5	6.2	7.3	8.3	9.6	10.3	9.7	11.4	11.7	12.0	12.5	12.8	13.3	13.6	14.1	14.6	15.4	16.0	16.9	17.6	18.6	19.2	19.7	20.4	20.9	21.1	21.9	23.0	22.9	23.1	23.2	23.6	24.0	24.5	24.4	24.3	24.3	24.8	25.1	26.0	26.0	26.2	26.5	27.5	27.8	28.2	28.5
	4 Years Of High School Or More²	(NA)³	(NA)³	(NA)³	22.7	31.4	32.6	36.9	38.9	42.2	39.5	45.0	47.0	48.0	49.0	50.5	52.0	53.6	55.0	56.3	58.2	60.0	61.6	63.1	64.7	65.6	66.8	68.4	69.2	70.3	71.7	72.7	73.7	74.4	75.1	76.0	76.4	77.2	77.7	78.5	79.7	80.5	81.0	81.7	81.9	82.0	82.8	83.4	84.2	84.1	83.8
	Less Than 5 Years Of Elementary School	(NA)³	(NA)³	(NA)³	15.1	11.6	12.3	10.5	10.2	9.2	9.4	8.7	8.1	7.7	7.3	6.9	6.5	6.1	5.9	5.6	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.7	4.2	4.0	3.9	3.7	3.6	3.4	3.3	3.2	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.5	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.3	2.2	2.1	2.0	1.9	1.8	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.7

Footnotes

¹ Beginning 1993, bachelor's degree or higher.

² Beginning 1993, high school graduate or more.

³ Not available.

⁴ Estimates based on Census Bureau retrojection of 1940 Census data on education; see 1960 Census Mongraph, Education of the American Population," by John K. Folger and Charles B. Nam.

⁵ April

Source

Except as indicated, U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, P20-536; and Years of School Completed by People 25 Years Old and Over, by Age and Sex: Selected Years 1940 to 2002, (released 21 March 2003)

<http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/educ-attn.html>

<http://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/education/tabA-1.pdf>

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