Immigrants vs. Natives on Jobs, Income, Education | St. Louis Fed
On the other hand, 12.3 percent of the foreign-born have graduate degrees, as opposed to 10.8 percent of the natives. It is worth noting that, at 90.8 percent, the natives have a higher high-school graduation rate, far outweighing the foreign-born rate of 72.3 percent. (These rates include those who have gone on to receive college degrees.)