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 2010–11 |
Figure 3. | Percentage of persons 25 years old and over, by highest level of educational attainment: Selected years, 1940 through 2011 |
Figure 4. | Percentage of persons 25 through 29 years old, by highest level of educational attainment: Selected years, 1940 through 2011 |
Figure 5. | Highest level of education attained by persons 25 through 29 years old: March 2011 |
Figure 6. | Percentage of persons 25 through 29 years old who had completed high school and who held a bachelor's or higher degree, by race/ethnicity: 2001 and 2011 |
Figure 7. | Enrollment, number of teachers, pupil/teacher ratio, and expenditures in public schools: 1960–61 through 2009–10 |
Figure 8. | Percentage change in public elementary and secondary enrollment, by state: Fall 2004 to fall 2009 |
Figure 9. | Total and full-day preprimary enrollment of 3- to 5-year-olds: October 1970 through October 2010 |
Figure 10 | Percentage of revenue for public elementary and secondary schools, by source of funds: 1970–71 through 2008–09 |
Figure 11. | Current expenditure per pupil in fall enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools: 1970–71 through 2008–09 |
Figure 12. | Enrollment, degrees conferred, and expenditures in degree-granting institutions: Fall 1960 through fall 2010 and 1960–61 through 2010–11 |
Figure 13. | Percentage change in total enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by state: Fall 2005 to fall 2010 |
Figure 14. | Enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by age: Fall 1970 through fall 2020 |
Figure 15. | Ratio of full-time-equivalent (FTE) students to total FTE staff and to FTE faculty, by control of institution: 1976, 1999, and 2009 |
Figure 16. | Bachelor's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions in selected fields of study: 1999–2000, 2004–05, and 2009–10 |
Figure 17. | Percentage distribution of total revenues of public degree-granting institutions, by source of funds: 2009–10 |
Figure 18. | Percentage distribution of total revenues of private not-for-profit degree-granting institutions, by source of funds: 2009–10 |
Figure 19. | Federal on-budget funds for education, by level or other educational purpose: Selected years, 1965 through 2011 |
Figure 20. | Percentage of federal on-budget funds for education, by agency: Fiscal year 2010 |
Figure 21. | Percentage of U.S. Department of Education outlays, by type of recipient: Fiscal year 2011 |
Figure 22. | Labor force participation rate of persons 20 to 64 years old, by age group and highest level of educational attainment: 2010 |
Figure 23. | Unemployment rates of persons 25 to 64 years old, by highest level of educational attainment: 2010 |
Figure 24. | Percentage distribution of 2009–10 high school dropouts and high school completers not enrolled in college, by labor force status: October 2010 |
Figure 25. | Median annual earnings of full-time year-round workers 25 years old and over, by highest level of educational attainment and sex: 2010 |
Figure 26. | Median annual salaries of bachelor's degree recipients employed full time 1 year after graduation, by field of study: 2001 and 2009 |
Figure 27. | Percentage change in enrollment, by major areas of the world and level of education: 2000 to 2009 |
Figure 28. | Percentage of the population 25 to 34 years old with a bachelor's or higher level degree, by OECD country: 2009 |
Figure 29. | Public direct expenditures on education as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP), by OECD country: 2008 |