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Educational Attainment by Race/Ethnicity

Educational attainment varies by race/ethnicity

Educational attainment varies by race/ethnicity in Lincoln. 

• 43% of White residents had a bachelor’s degree or higher in 2019 compared to 40% of Asian residents and 19% of Latino/a or Hispanic residents.
• 33% of White residents had some college or an associate degree in 2019 compared to 22% of Latino/a or Hispanic residents and 20% of Asian residents.
• 22% of Latino/a or Hispanic residents had achieved, at most, a high school diploma or equivalency in 2019 compared to 20% of White residents and 13% of Asian residents.
• 37% of Latino/a or Hispanic residents had achieved less than a high school diploma or equivalency in 2019, compared to 27% of Asian residents and 4% of White residents.
• Although educational attainment data for Black or African American residents in 2019 is unavailable, 38% of Black/African American residents had a bachelor’s degree or higher and 36% had some college or an associate degree in 2018. Also in 2018, 17% of Black or African American residents had achieved a high school diploma or equivalency, while 9% had achieved less than a high school diploma or equivalency.
  • Rates of achieving a bachelor’s degree or higher may be increasing for Lincoln’s Black or African American residents; additional years of data will be needed to establish a trend.