{"id":16342,"date":"2012-11-14T00:00:01","date_gmt":"2012-11-14T05:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/record-number-getting-college-degree\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:42:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:42:20","slug":"record-number-getting-college-degree","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2012\/11\/14\/record-number-getting-college-degree\/","title":{"rendered":"Record Number Getting College Degree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Completion of four-year college degrees is up sharply in the past five years among the nation\u2019s young adults. In 2012, a record one-third of adults ages 25 to 29 have attained at least a bachelor\u2019s degree. As recently as 2006 fewer than 30% of 25- to 29-year-olds had finished at least a bachelor\u2019s degree.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">College attainment reached a record level in 2012 among most of the major racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. Among whites ages 25 to 29, 40% had completed at least a bachelor\u2019s degree in 2012, up from 39% in 2011 and 20% in 1971. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blacks and Hispanics were much less likely than whites to have finished at least a bachelor\u2019s degree in 2012, but their levels of college attainment also reached unprecedented levels. In 2012, 23% of African Americans ages 25 to 29 had completed at least a bachelor\u2019s degree, an increase from 20% in 2011.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bachelor\u2019s degree attainment among young Hispanics increased to 15% in 2012, up from 13% in 2011. College completion among Asians ages 25 to 29 remained far above other groups in 2012 (60%), but this level was below the level observed among Asians in 2004 (61%).<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rising college completion rates within racial and ethnic groups of young adults suggest that changing demographics in the U.S. are not inhibiting an overall increase in educational attainment. <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/social-trends\/2012\/11\/05\/record-shares-of-young-adults-have-finished-both-high-school-and-college\/3\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> One-third of adults ages 25 to 29 have earned at least a bachelor\u2019s degree, representing a sharp rise in college 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