December 14, 2011 A notable characteristic of the Nation's
Asians is their high rate of educational attainment. Fifty-two
percent of those ages 25 and older had a bachelor's degree or
higher in the 2008–2010 period, considerably more than the
average of 29 percent for non-Asians. In the 2008–2010 period,
Asian Indians had the highest levels of educational attainment:
35 percent had a bachelor's degree, 30 percent had a master's
degree, and 11 percent had a professional or doctoral degree.
While no other Asian group had such a high level of educational
attainment, all except Vietnamese were more likely to be college
graduates than were non-Asians. Vietnamese were about as likely
as were non-Asians to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
Unemployment rates for non-Asians varied substantially by
educational attainment. Non-Asians ages 25 and older with less
than a high school diploma had a rate of 13.0 percent, 9.1
percentage points higher than the 3.9 percent rate for non-
Asians with a bachelor's degree or highe