Table 3. Labor force status of 2022 associate degree recipients and college graduates 20 to 29 years old by selected characteristics, October 2022

Table 3. Labor force status of 2022 associate degree recipients and college graduates 20 to 29 years old by selected characteristics, October 2022
[Numbers in thousands]
Characteristic	Civilian noninsti- tutional population	Civilian labor force						Not in labor force
		Total	Percent of population	Employed		Unemployed
		Total	Percent of population	Total	Percent of population	Number	Rate
RECENT ASSOCIATE DEGREE RECIPIENTS(1)
Total, 20 to 29 years	391	301	77.0	284	72.6	17	5.7	90
Men	132	111	84.1	95	72.0	16	14.4	21
Women	259	190	73.4	189	72.9	1	0.6	69
20 to 24 years	271	196	72.4	179	66.0	17	8.8	75
25 to 29 years	120	105	87.5	105	87.5	-	-	15
Vocational program	140	121	86.3	117	83.2	4	3.6	19
Academic program	251	180	71.8	167	66.7	13	7.1	71
Enrolled in school	184	117	63.5	115	62.5	2	1.5	67
Not enrolled in school	208	185	88.9	169	81.5	15	8.3	23
RECENT COLLEGE GRADUATES(2)
Total, 20 to 29 years	1,409	1,189	84.4	1,102	78.2	87	7.3	220
Men	569	502	88.1	450	79.1	52	10.3	67
Women	839	687	81.8	652	77.6	35	5.2	152
20 to 24 years	965	802	83.1	731	75.7	71	8.9	163
25 to 29 years	443	386	87.1	370	83.6	16	4.1	57
Enrolled in school	287	184	64.2	180	62.7	4	2.3	103
Not enrolled in school	1,122	1,005	89.6	922	82.2	83	8.2	117
White	1,002	860	85.8	813	81.1	47	5.5	142
Black or African American	155	142	91.6	129	83.6	12	8.7	13
Asian	186	139	74.5	120	64.5	19	13.4	48
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	182	156	85.6	142	77.9	14	9.1	26
Bachelor's degree
Total, 20 to 29 years	1,014	848	83.6	775	76.4	73	8.6	166
Men	425	370	87.2	324	76.3	46	12.5	54
Women	589	478	81.1	451	76.5	27	5.6	111
20 to 24 years	837	691	82.5	625	74.7	66	9.5	146
25 to 29 years	177	157	88.9	150	84.7	7	4.7	20
Enrolled in school	253	160	63.4	156	61.7	4	2.7	93
Not enrolled in school	761	688	90.4	619	81.3	69	10.0	73
Advanced degree(3)
Total, 20 to 29 years	395	341	86.3	327	82.8	14	4.1	54
Men	144	131	90.9	126	87.2	5	4.0	13
Women	250	209	83.6	201	80.2	9	4.1	41
20 to 24 years	128	112	87.1	106	82.8	6	4.9	17
25 to 29 years	266	229	85.9	220	82.8	8	3.7	37
(1) Data refer to persons who received an associate degree in January through October 2022. (2) Data refer to persons who received a bachelor's or higher degree in January through October 2022. (3) Data refer to persons who received a master's, professional, or doctoral degree in January through October 2022.
NOTE: Detail for the above race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 75,000).

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