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What is the highest degree you have earned?
Respondent's highest degree earned · Asked in 7 waves, 2006–2018 · 3,333 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Group | Associate's | Bachelor's | Master's | Mba | Law | Phd | Md |
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| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2018 | 2018-04-12 to 2018-11-10 | face to face | 2,348 | 435 |
| General Social Survey 2016 | 2016-04-05 to 2016-11-19 | face to face | 2,867 | 531 |
| General Social Survey 2014 | 2014-03-31 to 2014-10-13 | face to face | 2,538 | 440 |
| General Social Survey 2012 | 2012-03-20 to 2012-09-05 | face to face | 1,974 | 362 |
| General Social Survey 2010 | 2010-03-15 to 2010-08-12 | face to face | 2,044 | 272 |
| General Social Survey 2008 | 2008-04-17 to 2008-09-13 | face to face | 2,023 | 530 |
| General Social Survey 2006 | 2006-03-07 to 2006-08-07 | face to face | 4,510 | 763 |
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| Other |
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| n |
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| MoE |
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| All respondents | 20% | 50% | 20% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 435 | ±6 | |
| Protestant | 23% | 47% | 23% | 1% | – | 3% | 0% | 3% | 209 | ±8 | |
| Catholic | 18% | 59% | 13% | 5% | 2% | – | 3% | – | 93 | ±13 | |
| Jewish † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | ±27 |
| Other faith † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | ±26 |
| None | 18% | 45% | 21% | – | 2% | 6% | 8% | – | 92 | ±13 |
General Social Survey 2018 · US adults 18+ living in households (English, and Spanish since 2006). Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.