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

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Internet Release Date:  April 10, 2001

All people age 18 and over, highest degree=bachelor's
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                  |  21,752|   3,071|   2,538|  14,677|  12,687|  20,438|   6,940|     5.6|
|Sex                    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
|  Men                  |  10,462|   1,657|   1,415|   6,595|   6,943|   9,816|   3,721|     5.5|
|  Women                |  11,290|   1,414|   1,123|   8,083|   5,745|  10,623|   3,218|     5.8|
|Race and ethnicity     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
|  White                |  19,195|   2,520|   2,146|  12,852|  11,013|  17,727|   6,148|     5.6|
|   Non-Hispanic        |  18,523|   2,364|   1,954|  12,352|  10,492|  16,955|   5,899|     5.6|
|  Black                |   1,363|     254|     261|     869|   1,009|   1,347|     535|     6.1|
|  Hispanic*            |     722|     172|     196|     534|     555|     831|     259|     5.4|
|Age                    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
|  18 to 24 years old   |   1,695|      73|      10|   1,333|     445|   1,666|     112|     4.1|
|  25 to 34 years old   |   6,814|     836|     384|   4,064|   3,969|   6,419|   1,614|     4.9|
|  35 to 44 years old   |   5,978|     917|     594|   4,044|   3,445|   5,488|   2,002|     5.4|
|  45 to 54 years old   |   3,888|     555|     683|   2,589|   2,538|   3,441|   1,686|     6.2|
|  55 to 64 years old   |   1,716|     265|     398|   1,216|   1,163|   1,664|     715|     6.4|
|  65 years old & over  |   1,660|     425|     469|   1,431|   1,126|   1,760|     811|     6.7|
|Field of training      |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
|  Business             |   5,417|     800|     659|   3,708|   3,168|   5,141|   1,735|     5.7|
|  Computers            |   2,542|     370|     344|   1,583|   1,677|   2,444|     816|     5.5|
|  Liberal arts         |   3,126|     520|     283|   2,236|   1,693|   2,905|   1,027|     5.4|
|  Social science       |   1,926|     256|     217|   1,295|   1,104|   1,739|     660|     5.7|
|  Natural science      |   2,774|     337|     351|   1,744|   1,718|   2,630|     832|     5.7|
|  Education            |   3,091|     394|     345|   2,159|   1,672|   2,852|     989|     5.9|
|  Other                |   2,876|     393|     340|   1,953|   1,656|   2,729|     880|     5.6|
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* Hispanics may be of any race
Data Source: Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1996 Panel