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Education & commute Statistics · Country estimate

Bachelor's degree or higher in United States

2021 – 2024 · 4 data points Updated Oct 21, 2026
Education & commute · United States

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2021 – 2024

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Latest value · 2024 35.7% +0.7 pp since 2023
First value · 2021 33.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, 2021 – 2024 percent

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2021 – 2024

The series at a glance United States · 2021 – 2024
Latest value 35.7% · 2024
First value 33.7% · 2021
Highest 35.7% · 2024
Lowest 33.7% · 2021
Data points 4

By year

All years · 2021 – 2024

YearUnited StatesChange
2024estimate 35.7% +0.7 pp
2023estimate 35.0% +0.7 pp
2022estimate 34.3% +0.6 pp
2021estimate 33.7%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2021 – 2024

What it means

The share of adults with at least a bachelor's degree.

How it is calculated

Adults 25 and over with a bachelor's, master's, professional or doctoral degree, from the survey.