TABLE 6D.  YEARS TAKEN BY ADVANCED DEGREE HOLDERS TO START AND COMPLETE BACHELOR'S DEGREES, 1996**



Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Internet Release Date:  April 10, 2001. Table revised May 29, 2008.



All people age 18 and over, highest degree=advanced

Numbers in thousands; Average years taken.



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|Characteristic         |                          |  Completion of  |   Continuous    |Complet-|

|                       |From high school to start |     degree      |   enrollment    |  ion   |

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

|                       |  Same  |Within 2|  3 or  |4 years |  5 or  |Contin- |Not con-|Average |

|                       |  year  |  yrs   |  more  |or less |  more  |  uous  |tinuous | years  |

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

|TOTAL                  |  10,777|   1,444|     941|   8,857|   4,307|  10,601|   2,564|     5.2|

|Sex                    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |

|  Men                  |   6,049|     901|     594|   4,936|   2,610|   6,107|   1,439|     5.0|

|  Women                |   4,728|     543|     347|   3,921|   1,697|   4,494|   1,124|     5.4|

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

|  White                |   9,681|   1,170|     780|   7,843|   3,791|   9,314|   2,319|     5.2|

|   Non-Hispanic        |   9,395|   1,088|     750|   7,580|   3,655|   8,960|   2,276|     5.2|

|  Black                |     552|     120|      87|     465|     294|     601|     158|     5.5|

|  Hispanic*            |     308|      88|      30|     280|     146|     377|      50|     5.1|

|Age                    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |

|  18 to 24 years old   |     114|       B|       B|     102|      12|     103|      10|     3.5|

|  25 to 34 years old   |   1,867|     247|      21|   1,577|     559|   1,939|     196|     4.3|

|  35 to 44 years old   |   3,125|     396|     224|   2,605|   1,140|   3,060|     685|     4.7|

|  45 to 54 years old   |   3,249|     358|     240|   2,578|   1,268|   3,029|     817|     5.4|

|  55 to 64 years old   |   1,370|     134|     182|   1,055|     631|   1,303|     383|     5.8|

|  65 years old & over  |   1,053|     309|     274|     940|     698|   1,166|     473|     6.3|

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

|  Business             |   1,655|     257|     127|   1,346|     693|   1,679|     359|     5.2|

|  Computers            |   1,067|     174|      61|     855|     447|   1,086|     216|     4.8|

|  Liberal arts         |     967|     146|     102|     846|     369|     999|     216|     5.0|

|  Social science       |   1,671|     189|     156|   1,418|     600|   1,649|     369|     5.1|

|  Natural science      |   1,614|     203|     164|   1,358|     623|   1,609|     372|     5.0|

|  Education            |   2,439|     289|     216|   1,945|     999|   2,276|     668|     5.4|

|  Other                |   1,364|     185|     116|   1,089|     576|   1,301|     364|     5.4|

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* Hispanics may be of any race

** Revised Table.  Updated May 2008. 

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