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The most significant average income difference was between those who had some college education or an associate degree and those who had a bachelor's degree. While those with some college averaged $31,046, those with a bachelor's degree averaged $51,194, over $20,000 (64.9%) a year more. [3]
The survey does not measure graduation rates from different educational institutions, but instead, it measures the percentage of adult residents with a high school diploma. [ 4 ] Overall, 90.3% of Americans over the age of 25 had graduated from high school in 2021, with the highest level found in the state of Massachusetts at 96.1% and the ...
This is a list of countries by the proportions of 25- to 64-year-olds having completed tertiary education as published by the OECD.It includes some non-OECD nations.
The numbers of both men and women receiving a bachelor's degree have increased significantly, but the increasing rate of female college graduates exceeds the increasing rate for males. [ 27 ] In 2014, the percentage of women with bachelor's degrees was higher than the percentage of men with bachelor's degrees for the first time in America. [ 28 ]
The average salary for college or university graduates is greater than $51,000, exceeding the national average of those without a high school diploma by more than $23,000, according to a 2005 study by the U.S. Census Bureau. [76] The 2010 unemployment rate for high school graduates was 10.8%; the rate for college graduates was 4.9%. [77]
St. Lucie schools, at 91.5%, was slightly higher than last year's rate of 90.8%. Martin County schools, at 90.3%, was the only Treasure Coast district whose graduation rate fell.
America's graduation rates are trending up. On Monday, the White House released new data showing that the national graduation rate at 83.2 percent for the 2014-15 academic year. That's up by ...
Falling birth rates result in fewer people graduating from high school. The number of high school graduates grew 30% from 1995 to 2013, then peaked at 3.5 million. [201] Liberal arts programs have been declining for decades. From 1967 to 2018, college students majoring in the liberal arts declined from 20 percent to 5 percent. [202]