TABLE 6B.  YEARS TAKEN TO START AND COMPLETE ASSOCIATE DEGREES, 1996



Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Internet Release Date:  April 10, 2001



All people age 18 and over, highest degree=associate

Numbers in thousands; Average years taken.



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|Characteristic         |                          |                          |Complet-|

|                       |From high school to start |   Completion of degree   |  ion   |

|                       |--------------------------+--------------------------+--------|

|                       |  Same  |Within 2|  3 or  |Under 1 |3 yrs or|  4 or  |Average |

|                       |  year  |  yrs   |  more  |  year  |  less  |  more  | years  |

|-----------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------|

|TOTAL                  |   6,522|   2,084|   3,152|     296|   7,221|   4,240|     4.6|

|Sex                    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |

|  Men                  |   2,642|     950|   1,587|     140|   3,109|   1,930|     4.4|

|  Women                |   3,880|   1,134|   1,565|     157|   4,112|   2,311|     4.7|

|Race and ethnicity     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |

|  White                |   5,750|   1,732|   2,562|     256|   6,220|   3,569|     4.5|

|   Non-Hispanic        |   5,421|   1,617|   2,395|     210|   5,880|   3,342|     4.6|

|  Black                |     530|     262|     428|      21|     684|     516|     5.3|

|  Hispanic*            |     344|     132|     191|      46|     373|     248|     4.1|

|Age                    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |

|  18 to 24 years old   |     612|     153|      45|      31|     630|     150|     2.5|

|  25 to 34 years old   |   1,907|     706|     570|     107|   2,004|   1,072|     3.6|

|  35 to 44 years old   |   2,048|     620|   1,060|      85|   2,208|   1,435|     4.8|

|  45 to 54 years old   |   1,081|     326|     831|      29|   1,310|     899|     5.7|

|  55 to 64 years old   |     421|     139|     385|      19|     544|     382|     5.4|

|  65 years old & over  |     453|     138|     262|      25|     525|     303|     5.6|

|Field of training      |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |

|  Business             |   1,704|     420|     765|      68|   1,867|     954|     4.4|

|  Computers            |     638|     265|     343|      30|     771|     444|     4.4|

|  Liberal arts         |     755|     186|     222|       9|     720|     433|     4.7|

|  Social science       |     249|      83|     152|      11|     280|     192|     4.4|

|  Natural science      |   1,170|     443|     590|      48|   1,229|     925|     5.4|

|  Education            |     249|      74|      99|      10|     251|     161|     4.3|

|  Vocational studies   |     694|     273|     440|      66|     926|     415|     4.0|

|  Other                |   1,064|     340|     543|      54|   1,176|     717|     4.5|

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* Hispanics may be of any race

Data Source: Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1996 Panel