More than 54 percent of Asian-Americans residing in the United States were able to finish college with a bachelor's degree. Asian-Americans are said to be the highest-earning and the fastest-growing individuals within the United States.
According to Pew Research Center, Asian-Americans are making more money and hold strong successful investments compared to their foreign counterparts. It was also mentioned that Asian-Americans are thriving not only in the field of education, but they are doing well in the business aspect too.
Camille Ryan, a statistician in the Census Bureau's Education and Social Stratification branch mentioned that Asian-Americans have high literacy as more than 30 percent were able to get a college degree. Compared to their foreign counterparts, Asian-Americans continually on increase their levels of literacy rate as the number of Asian-Americans that were able to hold a degree or higher climbed up to 55 percent in 2015.
"We found the percentage of Asian-Americans who have a bachelor's degree or higher to be greater than the overall rate of 33 percent for the total population," Ryan stated. "In addition, Asian-Americans born in the U.S. who have a bachelor's degree or higher reached 55 percent in 2015, matching their foreign-born counterparts."
Asian-American students tend to excel in academics and are often being stereotyped. Though most would speculate that Asian-American students are pressured by their parents to excel in school, Washington Post mentioned otherwise.
Washington Post mentioned that Asian-American students tend to strive and do well in school as they were able to pattern their study habit on good role models. Though nature and nurture, Asian-American children are getting ample of support from people around them.
Asian-American families tend to prioritize education, wherein students are given extra attention when it comes to asking help with their studies. Asian-American students tend to develop healthy study habits at a young age which make it easier for them to adjust in any educational setting.
