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62.7 percent of 2020 high school graduates enrolled in college, down from 66.2 percent in 2019
April 30, 2021
In October 2020, 62.7 percent of the 3.1 million youth ages 16 to 24 who graduated from high school between January and October were enrolled in colleges or universities, down from 66.2 percent in October 2019. This decrease reflects the effect of the COVID–19 pandemic.
Percent of 2019 and 2020 high school graduates ages 16 to 24 who were enrolled in college in October of the year they graduated, by sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Characteristic
2020
2019
Total, enrolled in college
62.7%
66.2%
Men
59.3
62.0
Women
66.2
69.8
White
62.9
66.9
Black or African American
56.6
50.7
Asian
83.2
89.9
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
56.2
63.4
Among 2020 high school graduates ages 16 to 24, the college enrollment rate for young women, at 66.2 percent in October 2020, continued to be higher than the rate for young men (59.3 percent). The college enrollment rate of Asians (83.2 percent) also continued to be higher than the rates for recent White (62.9 percent), Black (56.6 percent), and Hispanic (56.2 percent) graduates.
United States Department of Labor
