What Is The Percentage Of Americans With College Degrees?

What is the percentage of Americans with a college degree?

In this article, we will break down:

Let’s dig in.

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35.8% of Americans aged 25 to 29 have college degrees.
35.7% of Americans who are 25+ years old have college degrees.
41.5% of Americans aged 30 to 34 have college degrees.
33.6% of those aged 35 to 39 have college degrees.
19.3% of Americans aged 25 to 29 have some college education but no degree.
39.3% of women aged 25 to 29 have college degrees.
32.3% of men aged 25 to 29 have college degrees.
In 1990, 20.3% of Americans aged 25+had a college degree.
Last year, 35.7% of Americans aged 25+ had a college degree.
60.8% of Asian Americans have a bachelor’s degree.
44.5% of non-Hispanic whites have a bachelor’s degree.
28.4% of African Americans have a bachelor’s degree.
22.1% of Hispanics have a bachelor’s degree.
The state with the highest population with college degrees is Massachusetts (54.6%).
The state with the lowest population with college degrees is West Virginia (28.7%).

35.6% of Americans have a college degree (according to the Census).

In 2000, only 24.4% of Americans had a college degree.

The percentage of Americans with a college degree has increased by 45.9% since 2000.

The average education level in the US is a high school diploma.

To measure the average education level in America, look at the CDC data.

~90% of 25+-year-olds have attained a high school diploma.

But only 34% of 25+-year-olds have a college degree.

The percentage of America with a bachelor’s degree is 35.5%

That’s 117.7M of the US population that holds a bachelor’s degree.

Last year alone, there were 1,892,730 bachelor’s degrees awarded.

The percentage of America with a master’s degree is 9.8%%

That’s 32.6M of the US population that holds a master’s degree.

Last year alone, there were 816,662 master’s degrees awarded.

2.5% (8.3M) of the US population holds a doctoral degree of some kind.

This includes professional doctorates (i.e., medical or law degrees).

And not just research doctorates like the Ph.D.

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