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United States: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, both sexes

49.83percent · 2024+19.0% since 2014

Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, both sexes (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator EA.5T8.AG25T99. Annual figures for United States from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202449.833
202349.142
202248.123
202147.914
202048.089
201946.348
201845.168
201744.663
201643.512
201542.338
201441.89
201341.505
201240.663
201139.945
201039.137
200938.621
200838.259
200737.848
200637.454
200536.23
200437.53
200335.767
200235.173
200134.45
200033.755

Source

Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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UIS (2026). Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-ea-5t8-ag25t99 (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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