The big goal: To increase the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees and credentials to 60 percent by the year 2025.
Percent of adults with 2- or 4-year degree Source: OECD Education at a Glance 2011 25 to 34, 35 to 44, 45 to 54, 55 to 64
Korea 62 60 US states 58 25 to 34 year olds 56 Canada/Japan 54 Massachusetts 52 50 Minnesota Ireland 48 New York Norway/New Zealand North Dakota/Iowa/Connecticut New Jersey 46 United Kingdom/Australia/Denmark Maryland Luxembourg New Hampshire/Nebraska 44 France/Israel South Dakota/Illinois/Pennsylvania/Vermont Virginia/Kansas/Rhode Island 42 Belgium/Sweden Colorado United States Wisconsin/Washington/Hawaii 40 Netherlands/Switzerland Finland Utah 38 Spain Missouri/Montana/Ohio Estonia 36 Iceland North Carolina/MI/IN/CA/DE/ID Florida/Oregon/South Carolina/Maine Poland/Chile 34 Wyoming/Georgia 32 Mississippi/Alabama KY/TN/OK/AZ/AK/TX 30 Slovenia New Mexico Nevada Greece 28 Louisiana/West Virginia Arkansas 26 Germany Hungary 24 22
64 Korea Alachua 52 50 Florida counties 60 25 to 34 years old 48 56 (population over 20,000) Canada/Japan 46 Leon 52 44 48 42 Seminole St. Johns/Orange 44 Ireland 40 Norway/New Zealand Hillsborough/Broward 40 38 United Kingdom/Australia/Denmark Luxembourg France/Israel Brevard/Miami-Dade/Pinellas 36 36 Belgium/Sweden United States 34 Netherlands/Switzerland 32 Finland Spain 32 Estonia 28 Iceland 30 Poland/Chile 24 28 20 26 Slovenia Greece 16 24 Jackson Gadsden/Okeechobee/Bradford Germany 22 12 Hardee/Suwannee/DeSoto Hungary Sumter/Baker 20 Hendry 8
Income by level of education Source: US Census, Current Population Survey 90,000 80,000 70,000 60,000 master’s 50,000 bachelor’s 40,000 associate 30,000 high school Less than 20,000 high school 10,000 0 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Unemployment by level of education Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2008 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 HS dropout HS graduate Associates degree Bachelors degree Masters or above
From the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution
Unemployment by level of education Source: US Census, Current Population Survey Recession of Recession of Recession of Recession of Recession of Recession of November 73 January 80 to July 81 to July 90 to March 01 to December 07 to March 75 July 80 November 82 March 91 November 01 to present 16% High school dropout 14% 12% High school graduate 10% Some college 8% 6% Bachelor’s 4% 2% 0%
Percent of layoffs that are permanent Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, CNBC 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
From the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution
Graduate or Less than high professional degree school 10.5% 12.8% Bachelors degree 19.0% 27.1% High school 8.4% Associate degree 22.2 % Some college, no degree 35.8 million working-age adults have attended college but don’t have a degree.
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