Census: Record 37.9% of US adult population has a bachelor’s degree or higher

 This was released last month by the Census Bureau: Census Bureau Releases New Educational Attainment Data

In 2021, the highest level of education of the population age 25 and older in the United States was distributed as follows:

• 8.9% had less than a high school diploma or equivalent.

• 27.9% had high school graduate as their highest level of school completed.

• 14.9% had completed some college but not a degree.

• 10.5% had an associate degree as their highest level of school completed.

• 23.5% had a bachelor’s degree as their highest degree.

• 14.4% had completed an advanced degree such as a master’s degree, professional degree or doctoral degree.
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This graph shows the number of adults, 25 years and older, with less than high school education, high school or some college, and a bachelor's degree or higher since 1940.

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