In February 2022, about four percent of recent college graduates were unemployed in the United States. This was a significant decrease from June 2020, when the unemployment rate among recent college graduates was at a high of 13.3 percent.
Unemployment rate of recent graduates in the United States from January 2016 to February 2022
Characteristic
Unemployment rate
Feb '22
4%
Jan '22
4.2%
Dec '21
4.5%
Nov '21
4.9%
Oct '21
5%
Sep '21
5.3%
Aug '21
5.6%
Jul '21
6%
Jun '21
6.1%
May '21
6.1%
Apr '21
6.3%
Mar '21
6.4%
Feb '21
6.5%
Jan '21
6.8%
Dec '20
6.8%
Nov '20
7.1%
Oct '20
7.5%
Sep '20
9.1%
Aug '20
10.7%
Jul '20
12.2%
Jun '20
13.3%
May '20
10.6%
Apr '20
7.5%
Mar '20
3.8%
Feb '20
3.8%
Jan '20
3.6%
Dec '19
3.6%
Nov '19
3.5%
Oct '19
3.8%
Sep '19
4.1%
Aug '19
4.2%
Jul '19
4.6%
Jun '19
4.2%
May '19
4.1%
Apr '19
3.5%
Mar '19
3.6%
Feb '19
3.8%
Jan '19
4.1%
Dec '18
4.1%
Nov '18
4%
Oct '18
3.8%
Sep '18
3.6%
Aug '18
3.5%
Jul '18
3.5%
Jun '18
3.6%
May '18
3.7%
Apr '18
3.7%
Mar '18
3.8%
Feb '18
3.5%
Jan '18
3.4%
Dec '17
3.5%
Nov '17
3.8%
Oct '17
3.8%
Sep '17
3.8%
Aug '17
3.7%
Jul '17
3.8%
Jun '17
4.1%
May '17
4.2%
Apr '17
4.4%
Mar '17
4.2%
Feb '17
4.1%
Jan '17
3.8%
Dec '16
3.8%
Nov '16
3.7%
Oct '16
4.1%
Sep '16
4.1%
Aug '16
4.4%
Jul '16
4%
Jun '16
4%
May '16
3.9%
Apr '16
3.8%
Mar '16
3.7%
Feb '16
3.7%
Jan '16
4%
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New York Fed. (May 11, 2022). Unemployment rate of recent graduates in the United States from January 2016 to February 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 26, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/633660/unemployment-rate-of-recent-graduates-in-the-us/
New York Fed. "Unemployment rate of recent graduates in the United States from January 2016 to February 2022." Chart. May 11, 2022. Statista. Accessed May 26, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/633660/unemployment-rate-of-recent-graduates-in-the-us/
New York Fed. (2022). Unemployment rate of recent graduates in the United States from January 2016 to February 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 26, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/633660/unemployment-rate-of-recent-graduates-in-the-us/
New York Fed. "Unemployment Rate of Recent Graduates in The United States from January 2016 to February 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 May 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/633660/unemployment-rate-of-recent-graduates-in-the-us/
New York Fed, Unemployment rate of recent graduates in the United States from January 2016 to February 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/633660/unemployment-rate-of-recent-graduates-in-the-us/ (last visited May 26, 2022)
