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Educational attainment in the U.S. 1960-2020

Published by Erin Duffin, Jun 11, 2021
In 2020, about 37.5 percent of the U.S. population who were aged 25 and above had graduated from college or another higher education institution. This is a significant increase from 1960, when only 7.7 percent of the U.S. population had graduated from college.

Educational attainment distribution in the United States from 1960 to 2020

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Release date

April 2021

Region

United States

Survey time period

1960 to 2020

Age group

25 years and older

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