# Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64 in United States

Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64 in United States was 52.2% in 2025. Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

- Indicator id: `tertiary_attainment_share_25_64`
- Place id: `us`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People aged 25 to 64 whose highest completed level of education is tertiary (ISCED 2011 levels 5 to 8: short-cycle tertiary, bachelor's or equivalent, master's or equivalent, and doctoral), as a percentage of all people aged 25 to 64. Measured by national labour force surveys.
- Note: Includes short-cycle tertiary programmes such as US associate degrees, so it is higher than the US bachelors_degree_share, which also covers everyone aged 25 and over.
- Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD Education at a Glance: share of 25 to 64 year-olds with tertiary education, ISCED 2011 levels 5 to 8 (DSD_EAG_LSO_EA@DF_LSO_NEAC_DISTR_EA) (https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_EAG_LSO_EA%40DF_LSO_NEAC_DISTR_EA&df[ag]=OECD.EDU.IMEP)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/oecd
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: OECD data reuse terms: commercial reuse with attribution; dataset-specific restrictions apply
- Citation: OECD. OECD Education at a Glance: share of 25 to 64 year-olds with tertiary education, ISCED 2011 levels 5 to 8 (DSD_EAG_LSO_EA@DF_LSO_NEAC_DISTR_EA). https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_EAG_LSO_EA%40DF_LSO_NEAC_DISTR_EA&df[ag]=OECD.EDU.IMEP. Accessed 2026-10-12. Data reuse terms and downstream attribution: https://www.oecd.org/en/about/terms-conditions.html
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/tertiary-education-attainment-25-64/united-states
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=tertiary_attainment_share_25_64&place=us

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 52.2 |
| 2023 | 50.7 |
| 2022 | 50 |
| 2021 | 50.3 |
| 2020 | 50.1 |
| 2019 | 48.3 |
| 2018 | 47.4 |
| 2017 | 46.4 |
| 2016 | 45.7 |
| 2015 | 44.6 |
| 2014 | 44.2 |
| 2013 | 43.9 |
| 2012 | 43.1 |
| 2011 | 42.4 |
| 2010 | 41.7 |
| 2009 | 41.2 |
| 2008 | 41.1 |
| 2007 | 40.3 |
| 2006 | 39.5 |
| 2005 | 39.1 |
| 2004 | 39.1 |
| 2003 | 38.4 |
| 2002 | 38.1 |
| 2001 | 37.5 |
| 2000 | 36.5 |
| 1999 | 35.8 |
| 1998 | 34.9 |
| 1997 | 34.1 |
| 1996 | 33.9 |
| 1995 | 33.3 |
| 1994 | 32.2 |
| 1993 | 31.3 |
| 1992 | 30.2 |
| 1991 | 23.7 (break) |
| 1990 | 23.6 (break) |
| 1989 | 23.6 (break) |
| 1988 | 22.7 (break) |
| 1987 | 22.3 (break) |
| 1986 | 21.8 (break) |
| 1985 | 21.8 (break) |
| 1984 | 21.4 (break) |
| 1983 | 20.9 (break) |
| 1982 | 19.8 (break) |
| 1981 | 19.1 (break) |