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Education (Highest Degree Received)
Highest level of education completed · Asked in 9 waves, 2013–2020 · 68,914 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Shares of people who gave an answer. Showing the first 8 of 14 answers.
Shares of people who gave an answer. Groups with an effective sample under 50 in a wave are left out of that wave.
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHED 2020 | 2020-11-01 to 2020-11-30 | web | 11,648 | 11,648 |
| SHED supplemental survey, July 2020 | 2020-07-01 to 2020-07-31 | web | 4,174 | 4,174 |
| SHED supplemental survey, April 2020 | 2020-04-01 to 2020-04-30 | web | 1,030 | 1,030 |
| 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 | 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 2013 | 2013-09-01 to 2013-09-30 | web | 4,134 | 4,134 |
| Group | No formal education | 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th grade | 5th or 6th grade | 7th or 8th grade | 9th grade | 10th grade | 11th grade | 12th grade NO DIPLOMA | HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE high school DIPLOMA or the equivalent (GED) | Some college, no degree | Associate degree | Bachelors degree | Masters degree | Professional or Doctorate degree | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 28% | 18% | 9% | 20% | 11% | 4% | 11648 | ±1.0 | |
| White | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 26% | 19% | 10% | 22% | 12% | 5% | 8125 | ±1 | |
| Black | 0% | 0% | – | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 33% | 20% | 10% | 13% | 9% | 3% | 1158 | ±3 | |
| Hispanic | 0% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 3% | 5% | 5% | 36% | 17% | 8% | 12% | 5% | 2% | 1423 | ±3 | |
| Asian | – | – | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 14% | 12% | 7% | 32% | 21% | 11% | 494 | ±5 | |
| Other | 0% | – | 1% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 4% | 3% | 34% | 16% | 14% | 11% | 6% | 2% | 448 | ±6 |
SHED 2020 · 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.