Education
| Ethnicity | High School Graduation Rate |
Bachelor's Degree or More |
|---|---|---|
| Filipinos | 90.8% | 47.9% |
| Indians | 90.2% | 67.9% |
| Bangladeshis | 84.5% | 41.9% |
| Pakistanis | 87.4% | 60.9% |
| Chinese | 80.8% | 50.2% |
| Japanese | 93.4% | 43.7% |
| Koreans | 90.2% | 50.8% |
| Vietnamese | 70.0% | 23.5% |
| Total US Population | 83.9% | 27.0% |
Among America's major racial categories, Asian Americans have the highest educational qualifications. This varies, however, for individual ethnic groups. Dr. C.N. Le, Director of the Asian & Asian American Studies Certificate Program at the University of Massachusetts, writes that although 42% of all Asian American adults have at least a college degree, Vietnamese Americans have a degree attainment rate of only 16% while Laotians and Cambodians only have rates around 5%. According to the US Census Bureau, while the high school graduation rate for Asian Americans is on par with those of other ethnic groups, 48% of Asian Americans have attained at least a bachelor's degree as compared with the national average of 27%, and 29% for non-Hispanic Whites. Indian Americans have some of the highest education rates, with nearly 68% having attained at least a bachelor's degree.
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