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What is the highest level of school you have completed or the highest degree you have received?
Highest level of education completed · Asked in 12 waves, 2014–2025 · 125,642 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.
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHED 2025 33 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2025-10-17 to 2025-10-28 | web | 12,934 | 12,934 |
| SHED 2024 27 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2024-10-18 to 2024-10-31 | web | 12,295 | 12,295 |
| SHED 2023 25 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2023-10-20 to 2023-11-05 | web | 11,400 | 11,400 |
| SHED 2022 17 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2022-10-21 to 2022-11-01 | web | 11,667 | 11,667 |
| SHED 2021 19 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2021-11-01 to 2021-11-30 | web | 11,874 | 11,874 |
| SHED 2020 | 2020-11-01 to 2020-11-30 | web | 11,648 | 11,648 |
| SHED 2019 | 2019-10-01 to 2019-10-31 | web | 12,173 | 12,173 |
| SHED 2018 | 2018-10-01 to 2018-11-30 | web | 11,316 | 11,316 |
| SHED 2017 |
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 | Less than high school degree | High school degree or GED | Some college but no degree (including currently enrolled in college) | Certificate or technical degree | Associate degree | Bachelor’s degree | Master’s degree | Professional degree (e.g., MBA, MD, JD) | Doctoral degree | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 6% | 26% | 16% | 5% | 9% | 23% | 9% | 3% | 2% | 12934 | ±0.9 | |
| 18–29 | 6% | 28% | 26% | 3% | 8% | 23% | 5% | 1% | 1% | 2091 | ±2 | |
| 30–44 | 7% | 21% | 13% | 4% | 9% | 27% | 11% | 4% | 3% | 3002 | ±2 | |
| 45–64 | 6% | 26% | 13% | 7% | 9% | 23% | 10% | 4% | 2% | 4200 | ±2 | |
| 65+ | 6% | 30% | 16% | 5% | 10% | 18% | 9% | 3% | 2% | 3641 | ±2 |
SHED 2025 · 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.
| 2017-11-01 to 2017-12-31 |
| web |
| 12,187 |
| 12,187 |
| SHED 2016 | 2016-10-01 to 2016-10-31 | web | 6,610 | 6,610 |
| SHED 2015 | 2015-10-01 to 2015-11-30 | web | 5,642 | 5,642 |
| SHED 2014 | 2014-10-01 to 2014-10-31 | web | 5,896 | 5,896 |