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61.8 percent of recent high school graduates enrolled in college in October 2021
May 23, 2022
Of the 2.7 million people ages 16 to 24 who graduated from high school between January and October 2021, 1.7 million, or 61.8 percent, were enrolled in colleges or universities in October 2021. The college enrollment rate of recent high school graduates in October 2021 was little different from the rate of 62.7 percent in October 2020.
College enrollment rates of recent high school graduates 16 to 24 years old by sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, October 1993–2021
Year
Total
Men
Women
White
Black or African American
Asian
Hispanic or Latino
1993
62.6%
59.7%
65.4%
62.8%
55.6%
—
62.5%
1994
61.9
60.6
63.2
63.6
50.9
—
48.9
1995
61.9
62.6
61.4
62.6
51.4
—
53.8
1996
65.0
60.1
69.7
65.8
55.3
—
50.7
1997
67.0
63.5
70.3
67.5
59.6
—
65.5
1998
65.6
62.4
69.1
65.8
62.1
—
47.5
1999
62.9
61.4
64.4
62.8
59.2
—
42.2
2000
63.3
59.9
66.2
64.0
56.2
—
53.0
2001
61.6
59.7
63.5
63.1
54.7
—
51.2
2002
65.2
62.1
68.4
66.7
58.7
—
53.5
2003
63.9
61.2
66.5
65.0
58.3
84.1
58.6
2004
66.7
61.4
71.6
68.4
61.1
76.0
61.9
2005
68.6
66.5
70.4
69.4
56.8
87.5
54.1
2006
66.0
65.9
66.1
66.8
55.6
82.4
58.1
2007
67.2
66.1
68.3
68.7
55.2
90.9
63.9
2008
68.6
65.9
71.5
70.8
54.9
87.5
63.8
2009
70.1
66.0
73.8
69.2
68.7
92.2
59.3
2010
68.1
62.8
74.0
68.6
61.4
84.0
59.6
2011
68.3
64.6
72.3
67.7
67.5
86.7
66.6
2012
66.2
61.3
71.3
66.6
58.2
82.2
70.3
2013
65.9
63.5
68.4
67.1
59.3
79.1
59.9
2014
68.4
64.0
72.7
67.3
70.9
86.1
65.2
2015
69.2
65.8
72.6
71.1
54.6
83.0
68.9
2016
69.7
67.4
71.9
69.7
58.2
92.4
72.0
2017
66.7
61.1
71.7
67.1
59.4
83.0
61.0
2018
69.1
66.9
71.3
69.6
63.6
73.4
65.5
2019
66.2
62.0
69.8
66.9
50.7
89.9
63.4
2020
62.7
59.3
66.2
62.9
56.6
83.2
56.2
2021
61.8
54.9
69.5
61.0
61.2
85.9
58.6
Note: Dash means data are not available.
Among 2021 high school graduates ages 16 to 24, the college enrollment rate for young women, at 69.5 percent in October 2021, continued to be higher than the rate for young men (54.9 percent). The college enrollment rate of Asians (85.9 percent) also continued to be higher than the rates for recent Black (61.2 percent), White (61.0 percent), and Hispanic (58.6 percent) graduates.
United States Department of Labor
