Women Outpace Men In College Enrollmen Share college of recent following high school completers enrolled in college the following October Hispanic Women Men 1994
Even though college enrollment rates among young people have risen in recent decades, a Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data shows that females outpace males in college enrollment, especially among Hispanics and blacks.
A similar pattern is seen among young Hispanics. In 1994, among Hispanics who completed high school, about half of men and women immediately enrolled in college. Nearly two decades later, college enrollments for both groups improved, but women outpaced men by 13 percentage points.
For black high school graduates, there’s a different story. In 1994, young black men were more likely than young black women to be enrolled in college immediately after high school. By 2012, the pattern had reversed: The share of young black men enrolled in college remained stagnant, while the share of young black women enrolled in college increased to 69% —a 12 percentage point gap with black men.
Women Outpace Men In College Enrollmen  | Share college of recent following high school completers enrolled  | in college the following October  | Hispanic Women Men  | % point gap, women) men  | 1994  | 52%  | 52%  | 2012  | 76  | 62  | +13 women  | Black  | 1994  | 48  | 56  | +9 men  | 2012  | 69  | +12 women  | 57  | White  | 1994  | 66  | 62  | +4 women  | 2012  | 72  | +10 women  | Asian  | 1994  | 81  | 82  | +1 men  | 2012  | 86  | 83  | +3 women  | Source: Pew Research Center analysis of the October  | Supplement to the Current rounding Population Survey. Note: % point  | gap ca Iculated prior to rounding White, black and Asian  | include the Hispanic portion rounding of those groups. Due to the  | small moving sample size for Hispanics blac :ks and Asians a 2-year  | moving avera ge is used.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 