Press Release Number: CB26-TPS.63

OCT. 28, 2026 — The U.S. Census Bureau today released the Educational Attainment in the United States: 2025 table package, examining the education level of adults age 18 and older by age, sex, race, nativity, and other demographic and social characteristics.

The data are based on statistics from the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement.  

Highlights

Age

• In 2025, among people between the ages of 18 and 24, 65% had completed high school, 19% had earned an associate’s degree or higher, and 16% had less than a high school education.
• In 2025, about 43% of people between the ages of 25 and 54 and 35% of people age 55 and older held a bachelor’s degree or higher.

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