Figure 1.The structure of education in the United States
Figure 2.Enrollment, total expenditures in constant dollars, and expenditures as a percentage of the gross domestic product (GDP), by level of education: Selected years, 1965-66 through 2013-14
Figure 3.Percentage of persons 25 years old and over, by highest level of educational attainment: Selected years, 1940 through 2014
Figure 4.Percentage of persons 25 through 29 years old, by highest level of educational attainment: Selected years, 1940 through 2014
Figure 5.Highest level of education attained by persons 25 through 29 years old: 2014
Figure 6.Percentage of persons 25 through 29 years old, by selected levels of educational attainment and race/ethnicity: 2004 and 2014
Figure 12 Enrollment, degrees conferred, and expenditures in degree-granting postsecondary institutions: 1960-61 through 2013-14
Figure 13 Percentage change in total enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by state: Fall 2008 to fall 2013
Figure 14 Enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by age: Fall 1970 through fall 2024
Figure 15 Ratio of full-time-equivalent (FTE) students to total FTE staff and to FTE faculty in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by control of institution: 1993, 2003, and 2013
Figure 16 Bachelor's degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions in selected fields of study: 2002-03, 2007-08, and 2012-13
Figure 17 Percentage distribution of total revenues of public degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by source of funds: 2012-13
Figure 18 Percentage distribution of total revenues of private nonprofit degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by source of funds: 2012-13
Figure 22 Unemployment rates of persons 25 to 34 years old, by highest level of educational attainment: Selected years,1990 through 2014
Figure 23 Employment to population ratios of persons 25 to 34 years old, by highest level of educational attainment: Selected years, 1990 through 2014
Figure 24 Percentage distribution of 2012-13 high school dropouts and high school completers not enrolled in college, by labor force status: October 2013
Figure 25 Median annual earnings of full-time year-round workers 25 years old and over, by highest level of educational attainment and sex: 2013
Figure 26 Median annual salaries of bachelor's degree recipients employed full time 1 year after graduation, by field of study: 1991, 2001, and 2009