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Building a College-Educated America Requires Closing Racial Gaps in Attainment
April 6, 2021, 9:00 am
For the first time ever, half of the young adults in the United States have earned a college degree. From 2009 to 2019, the share of adults between the ages of 25 and 34 who earned an associate degree or higher rose from 41 percent to 50 percent. In 2017, the last time the Center for American Progress evaluated national attainment, degree attainment was just below the 50 percent mark. While hitting this milestone is good news and increases have occurred across demographic groups, there hasn’t been a great deal of progress in closing large and persistent racial equity gaps.