Tables
Educational Attainment in the United States: 2021
Annual tables on educational attainment from the Current Population Survey’s Annual Social and Economic supplement (ASEC).
CPS Historical Time Series Tables
These Education Attainment tables are from 1940 through 2021.
Current Population Survey Tables for Family Income
The Current Population Survey is a joint effort between the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau.
Publications
Bachelor's Degree Attainment in the United States: 2005 to 2019
This brief uses three non-overlapping ACS 5-year estimates to examine bachelor’s degree attainment for the nation, counties and by race and Hispanic Origin.
Postsecondary Enrollment Before, During, and Since the Great Recession
This report provides an overview of postsecondary enrollment during the years preceding and following the recession period of 2007 to 2009, as recorded by CPS.
Educational Attainment in the United States: 2015
This report examines educational attainment by demographic and social characteristics based on data collected from the Current Population Survey.
Working Papers
2022 ACS Content Test: Round 3 Cognitive Testing Results
This report summarizes results from Round 3 of cognitive testing, which gathered feedback from individuals in groups quarters facilities and Puerto Rico.
2022 ACS Content Test: Round 1 and Round 2 Cognitive Testing Results
This report summarizes results from two rounds of cognitive testing for the 2022 ACS Content Test.
High School Equivalents and Disability Status: The Role of Context
This paper examines county-level variation in the relationship between GEDs and disability. (SEHSD Working Paper 2018-05)
News
Six States Added to Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
The Census Bureau announced the release of six new states — Oregon, Hawaii, Massachusetts, South Dakota, Montana and Georgia — in the PSEO..
Census Bureau Releases New Educational Attainment Data
Findings that use statistics from the CPS to examine the educational attainment of adults age 25 and older by demographic and social characteristics.
Six States Added to Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
The release of new states in the PSEO experimental data product: Alabama, Arizona, Iowa, Missouri, Utah, and Virginia.