Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent in United States of America
United States of America: Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent was 1.16 GPIA in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent in United States of America, 1994β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in United States of America is 1.16 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 13.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in United States of America peaked at 1.16 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.672 GPIA, in 1995.
That places United States of America 13th out of 37 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7058 GPIA | 0.672 GPIA | 0.7424 GPIA | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.8353 GPIA | 0.7477 GPIA | 0.9264 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.02 GPIA | 0.9535 GPIA | 1.11 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.14 GPIA | 1.1 GPIA | 1.16 GPIA | 5 |
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More education data for United States of America
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 1.78 million (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 96.97 (2022)
- School enrollment, primary 97.0% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in United States of America?
- Educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in United States of America was 1.16 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 1.16 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.672 GPIA in 1995.
- How does United States of America rank for educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent?
- United States of America ranks 13th out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United States of America data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent education or higher, population 25+ years, non-immigrant background, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release