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Which one of the following broad categories best describes your (current/most recent) educational program?
Field of current or most recent educational program · Asked in 5 waves, 2019–2024 · 45,363 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Version of ED1 first asked in 2019: wording or answer options differ from shed:ED1.
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHED 2024 98 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2024-10-18 to 2024-10-31 | web | 12,295 | 9,417 |
| SHED 2023 85 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2023-10-20 to 2023-11-05 | web | 11,400 | 8,655 |
| SHED 2022 78 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2022-10-21 to 2022-11-01 | web | 11,667 | 8,846 |
| SHED 2021 77 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2021-11-01 to 2021-11-30 | web | 11,874 | 9,060 |
| SHED 2019 | 2019-10-01 to 2019-10-31 | web | 12,173 | 9,385 |
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.
| Group | Humanities / arts | Social / behavioral sciences | Life sciences | Physical sciences/math | Computer / information sciences | Engineering | Education | Business / management | Health | Law | Vocational / technical training | Undeclared | Other | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 7% | 7% | 3% | 3% | 9% | 6% | 8% | 20% | 12% | 4% | 7% | 5% | 9% | 9417 | ±1 | |
| High school † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | ±98 |
| Some college | 6% | 4% | 2% | 2% | 10% | 4% | 4% | 16% | 13% | 3% | 13% | 9% | 12% | 4134 | ±2 | |
| Bachelor's | 11% | 9% | 4% | 4% | 9% | 10% | 7% | 26% | 8% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 6% | 2948 | ±2 | |
| Postgraduate | 5% | 10% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 18% | 20% | 12% | 7% | 0% | 0% | 4% | 2334 | ±2 |
SHED 2024 · US adults 18+. 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.