Higher Education: Gaps in Access and Persistence Study

242 Higher Education: Gaps in Access and Persistence Study
Table 46-2. Percentage of young adults ages 25 to 34 with a bachelor’s or higher degree who were in the labor force and were employed in any occupation, by
undergraduate field of study, sex, race/ethnicity, nativity, and citizenship status: 2010—Continued
Sex, race/ethnicity, nativity,
and citizenship status
Bachelor’s degree in a science, technology, engineering,
or mathematics (STEM) field
Mathematics/
statistics
Physical
sciences
Bachelor’s degree in a non-STEM field
Health
professions/
clinical
sciences Total Business Education
All other
fields of study
Total 1 95.5 96.4 97.1 94.6 94.7 97.0 94.1
Sex
Male 95.6 96.4 96.4 94.5 94.9 97.2 93.8
Female 95.5 96.4 97.3 94.7 94.3 96.9 94.2
Race/ethnicity
White 95.4 97.1 98.1 95.4 95.7 97.5 94.8
Black 95.8 91.2 94.4 91.0 90.6 95.0 90.6
Hispanic 94.0 95.1 96.3 93.5 93.3 95.3 93.2
Asian 96.6 95.9 94.9 91.9 91.8 92.8 92.0
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander ‡ ‡ ‡ 96.5 ‡ ‡ 96.0
American Indian/Alaska Native 2 ‡ ‡ ‡ 96.7 97.7 97.9 95.8
American Indian ‡ ‡ ‡ 96.2 97.3 97.8 95.0
Alaska Native ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡
Two or more races ‡ 96.5 94.4 94.8 97.5 96.6 93.5
Race/ethnicity by sex
Male
White 95.3 96.7 97.2 95.1 95.8 97.9 94.2
Black 95.4 87.4 88.4 91.6 90.6 97.2 91.4
Hispanic 94.3 93.2 97.6 93.7 93.0 92.9 94.2
Asian 98.2 98.4 97.1 91.8 91.9 93.7 91.6
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander ‡ ‡ ‡ 97.9 ‡ ‡ ‡
American Indian/Alaska Native 2 ‡ ‡ ‡ 95.2 ‡ ‡ 93.2
American Indian ‡ ‡ ‡ 94.6 96.9 ‡ 92.3
Alaska Native ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡
Two or more races 83.7 97.8 97.0 94.7 97.9 89.8 93.5
Female
White 95.6 97.6 98.2 95.7 95.5 97.3 95.2
Black 96.3 94.7 95.5 90.7 90.5 94.2 90.1
Hispanic 93.4 98.2 96.0 93.3 93.5 96.1 92.6
Asian 94.5 92.1 94.1 92.0 91.7 92.6 92.2
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡
American Indian/Alaska Native 2 ‡ ‡ ‡ 97.5 98.0 97.5 97.3
American Indian ‡ ‡ ‡ 97.1 97.6 ‡ 96.7
Alaska Native ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡
Two or more races ‡ ‡ ‡ 94.9 97.0 100.0 93.5