College Older, Education, Ages 25 and Older, 2010 % with a bachelor's degree or more U.S Asian groups
Indian Americans are among the most highly educated racial or ethnic groups in the U.S. 70% of Indian Americans aged 25 and older had college degrees in 2010, by far the highest rate among the six Asian-American groups studied and 2.5 times the rate among the overall U.S. population. More recent (2013) data from the American Community Survey provides more detail: 40.6% of Indian Americans 25 and older have graduate or professional degrees, and 32.3% have bachelor’s degrees; an additional 10.4% have some college education. One likely factor: the large segment of Indian Americans who entered the country under the H1-B visa program, which allow highly skilled foreign workers in designated “specialty occupations” to work in the U.S. In 2011, for example, 72,438 Indians received H1-B visas, 56% of all such visas granted that year.
College Older, Education, Ages 25 and  | Older, 2010  | % with a bachelor's degree or more  | U.S. Population  | 28  | U.S. Asians  | 49  | U.S Asian groups  | Indian  | 70  | Korean  | 53  | Chinese  | 51  | Filipino  | 47  | Japanese  | 46  | Vietnamese  | 26  | Note: All Asians (and populations each subgroup) regardless include mixe d-race  | and mixe d-group populations subgroup) regardless of Hispanic d-race origin  | Source: Pew Research Center analysis of 2010 American  | (IPUMS) Co mmunity Survey, Integrated Public Use Microdata Sample  | (IPUMS) files Survey,  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 