Table 1. Educational attainment of young adults during the October when ages 22 to 24 in 2002-2009 by sex,
race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

(Percent distribution)
                                                             Educational attainment	
                                                     High School   General Educational
Characteristic                      Total     High  graduates, not  Development (GED)    Enrolled    Bachelor's
                                             school   enrolled in    recipients, not       in          degree
                                            dropouts   college     enrolled in college   college     or more (1)

Total, October when age 22.....   100.0       11.3      44.1               7.3            27.3          9.7

  Men .........................   100.0       12.4      46.4               8.5            25.4          6.9
  Women .......................   100.0       10.1      41.7               5.9            29.3         12.7

  White, non-Hispanic .........   100.0	       9.0      43.1               7.0            29.2         11.5
  Black, non-Hispanic .........   100.0       17.3      47.1              10.3            20.4          4.4
  Hispanic or Latino ..........   100.0       17.2      49.4               5.8            23.1          3.6

Total, October when age 23 ....   100.0       10.6      45.6               7.9            17.0         18.7

  Men .........................   100.0       11.7      47.9               9.2            16.7         14.2
  Women .......................   100.0        9.4      43.1               6.6            17.4         23.4

  White, non-Hispanic .........   100.0        8.3      44.4               7.6            17.0         22.4
  Black, non-Hispanic .........   100.0       16.4      47.8              11.3            15.5          8.8
  Hispanic or Latino ..........   100.0       16.6      52.2               6.8            16.1          8.1

Total, October when age 24 ....   100.0       10.2      45.5               8.5            12.6         23.0

  Men .........................   100.0       11.2      47.8               9.9            12.2         18.7
  Women .......................   100.0        9.2      43.0               6.9            13.1         27.6

  White, non-Hispanic .........   100.0        8.2      44.4               8.0            11.9         27.5
  Black, non-Hispanic .........   100.0       15.7      48.5              12.4            12.1         11.1
  Hispanic or Latino ..........   100.0       15.4      51.1               7.7            15.3         10.1

   1 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's or doctoral degrees or professional degrees such as law or 
medical degrees.
   NOTE: The National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 consists of young men and women who were ages 12
to 16 on December 31, 1996. Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity groups are mutually exclusive but not
exhaustive. Other race groups, which are included in the overall totals, are not shown separately because
their representation in the survey sample is not sufficiently large to provide statistically reliable estimates.