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

52.05percent · 2024+18.6% since 2014

Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, both sexes (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator EA.5T8.AG25T99.URB. Annual figures for United States from 2004 to 2024.

20042024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202452.051
202351.467
202249.98
202150.149
202049.964
201948.551
201846.971
201746.89
201645.333
201544.205
201443.897
201343.699
201242.641
201141.861
201041.159
200940.534
200840.191
200740.218
200639.576
200538.239
200440.592

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, urban, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-ea-5t8-ag25t99-urb (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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