The U.S. Census Bureau recently released a new data set, Educational Attainment in the United States: 2019. The data set provides a snapshot in time of educational attainment by age, by gender, and by race. Among the findings:
- There were 221 million individuals over the age of 25 in the United States in 2019. 102.4 million of them had earned at least an associate’s degree.
- 9 million had earned a bachelor’s degree, 22.7 million had earned an associate’s degree, 22.2 million had earned a master’s degree, and 7.6 million had earned a professional or doctoral degree.
- 7 million individuals had completed some college credits but did not earn a degree.
- Educational attainment for individuals over the age of 25 in the United States in 2019 varied by gender.
- There were 106.7 million men (48% of the population) and 114.8 million women (52% of the population) over the age of 25 in the United States in 2019.
- Of the 49.9 million who had earned a bachelor’s degree, 23.8 million (48%) were men and 26.1 million (52%), were women.
- Of the 22.7 million who had earned an associate’s degree, 9.9 million (44%) were men and 12.8 million (56%), were women.
- Of the 22.2 million who had earned a master’s degree, 9.6 million (43%) were men and 12.6 million (57%) were women.
- Of the 7.6 million who had earned a professional or doctoral degree, 4.4 million (58%) were men and 3.4 million (42%) were women.
- Of the 34.7 million individuals who had completed some college credits but did not earn a degree, 16.6 million (48%) were men and 18.1 million (52%) were women.
- Educational attainment also varied by race for individuals over the age of 25 in the United States in 2019.
- Of the 142.6 million non-Hispanic white individuals, 35.6 million (25%) had earned a bachelor’s degree, 22.9 million (16%) had completed some college credits but did not earn a degree, 15.9 million (11%) had earned a master’s degree, 15.7 million (11%) had earned an associate’s degree, and 5.6 million (4%) had earned a professional or doctoral degree.
- Of the 27.4 million Black individuals, 5.1 million (19%) had completed some college credits but did not earn a degree, 4.5 million (16%) had earned a bachelor’s degree, 2.9 million (11%) had earned an associate’s degree, 2.1 million (8%) had earned a master’s degree, and 485,000 (2%) had earned a professional or doctoral degree.
- Of the 13.9 million Asian individuals, 4.7 million (34%) had earned a bachelor’s degree, 2.4 million (17%) had earned a master’s degree, 1.2 million (9%) had completed some college credits but did not earn a degree, 1.0 million (7%) had earned a professional or doctoral degree, and 940,000 (7%) had earned an associate’s degree.
- Of the 34.6 million Hispanic individuals of any race, 4.7 million (14%) had completed some college credits but did not earn a degree, 4.5 million (13%) had earned a bachelor’s degree, 2.8 million (8%) had earned an associate’s degree, 1.5 million (4%) had earned a master’s degree, and 452,000 (1%) had earned a professional or doctoral degree.
