Here’s another reminder not to generalize about foreign-born residents of the United States: They are more likely than others to have a master’s degree. They are also, as a group, less likely to have a high school diploma.

The mixed picture on educational achievement comes from a new report from the Census Bureau. It says:

• About 11 percent of foreign-born residents have a master’s degree or higher. Ten percent of native-born Americans have that level of education.


• About 68 percent of the foreign-born have at least a high school education, compared with 88 percent of the native-born. (Figures are for adults 25 and older.)


• Immigrants in the Northeast have the highest percentage of bachelor’s degrees or better compared with other regions. Thirty-two percent have that level of education — the same as among U.S. born adults. In the west, the foreign-born were less likely than others to have a bachelor’s.


• Foreign-born Hispanics trailed in education levels compared to other groups, with 49 percent having completed at least high school. Among Asians, the same percentage had completed college-level studies.


• In New York State, 73 percent of the foreign-born have a high school education or better, compared with 88 percent of the native-born. About 29 percent of the foreign-born have a bachelor’s or more, compared with 33 percent of the native-born.