TABLE 6E.  YEARS TAKEN TO COMPLETE ADVANCED DEGREES, 1996

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

All people age 18 and over, highest degree=advanced
Numbers in thousands; Average years taken.

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|Characteristic         |                                 Highest degree                                 |
|                       |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                       |     Master's degree      |   Professional degree    |     Doctorate degree     |
|                       |--------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------|
|                       |  Bachelor's to  |Complet-|  Bachelor's to  |Complet-|  Bachelor's to  |Complet-|
|                       |   completion    |  ion   |   completion    |  ion   |   completion    |  ion   |
|                       |-----------------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+--------|
|                       |4 years |  5 or  |Average |4 years |  5 or  |Average |4 years |  5 or  |Average |
|                       |or less |  more  | years  |or less |  more  | years  |or less |  more  | years  |
|-----------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------|
|TOTAL                  |   4,476|   4,781|     7.0|   1,393|     921|     5.5|     429|   1,164|     9.7|
|Sex                    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
|  Men                  |   2,529|   2,215|     6.2|   1,005|     663|     5.5|     316|     818|     9.2|
|  Women                |   1,947|   2,566|     7.8|     389|     258|     5.7|     113|     345|    10.7|
|Race and ethnicity     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
|  White                |   3,957|   4,226|     7.0|   1,268|     821|     5.5|     370|     993|     9.8|
|   Non-Hispanic        |   3,812|   4,130|     7.0|   1,187|     783|     5.6|     351|     972|     9.9|
|  Black                |     257|     346|     7.7|      26|      42|     0.0|      13|      76|     0.0|
|  Hispanic*            |     151|     105|     5.3|      81|      38|     4.8|      22|      29|     0.0|
|Age                    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
|  18 to 24 years old   |      89|       4|     0.0|      21|       B|     0.0|       B|       B|       B|
|  25 to 34 years old   |   1,106|     479|     3.8|     277|     112|     3.8|      60|     101|     5.8|
|  35 to 44 years old   |   1,199|   1,467|     6.3|     413|     309|     5.4|     108|     251|     7.6|
|  45 to 54 years old   |   1,171|   1,532|     7.8|     341|     280|     6.3|     137|     385|     9.6|
|  55 to 64 years old   |     456|     703|     8.9|     142|      92|     6.7|      46|     245|    12.7|
|  65 years old & over  |     454|     597|     9.5|     200|     128|     5.8|      78|     182|    11.6|
|Field of training      |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
|  Business             |     849|   1,026|     6.8|      64|      28|     0.0|      11|      61|     0.0|
|  Computers            |     654|     419|     5.3|      29|      36|     0.0|      29|     135|     8.5|
|  Liberal arts         |     500|     424|     6.8|      41|      46|     0.0|      31|     173|    12.7|
|  Social science       |     356|     356|     7.0|     549|     410|     5.9|     107|     240|     9.0|
|  Natural science      |     382|     400|     6.7|     569|     266|     4.5|     147|     218|     7.3|
|  Education            |   1,087|   1,569|     8.2|      33|      63|     0.0|      23|     169|    13.8|
|  Other                |     648|     587|     6.4|     108|      73|     4.8|      82|     166|     8.4|
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* Hispanics may be of any race
Data Source: Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1996 Panel