Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in United States of America
United States of America: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education was 0.7832 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in United States of America, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in United States of America stood at 0.7832 LPIA. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in United States of America peaked at 0.7832 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6249 LPIA, in 2004.
That places United States of America 11th out of 87 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in United States of America, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.7156 LPIA | — |
| 2004 | 0.6249 LPIA | -12.7% |
| 2005 | 0.755 LPIA | +20.8% |
| 2006 | 0.7033 LPIA | -6.9% |
| 2007 | 0.7429 LPIA | +5.6% |
| 2008 | 0.738 LPIA | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.7493 LPIA | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 0.7178 LPIA | -4.2% |
| 2011 | 0.7371 LPIA | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 0.7432 LPIA | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.7253 LPIA | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 0.743 LPIA | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 0.7605 LPIA | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 0.7691 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 0.7731 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.757 LPIA | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 0.7778 LPIA | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 0.765 LPIA | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 0.7754 LPIA | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 0.7654 LPIA | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 0.7692 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 0.7832 LPIA | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7156 LPIA | 0.7156 LPIA | 0.7156 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.7189 LPIA | 0.6249 LPIA | 0.755 LPIA | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.7504 LPIA | 0.7178 LPIA | 0.7778 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7717 LPIA | 0.765 LPIA | 0.7832 LPIA | 5 |
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More education data for United States of America
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in United States of America?
- Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in United States of America was 0.7832 LPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7832 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6249 LPIA in 2004.
- How does United States of America rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- United States of America ranks 11th out of 87 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. 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 short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release