Figure 22.

Unemployment rates of persons 25 to 34 years old, by highest level of educational attainment: Selected years,1990 through 2014

1 Includes equivalency credentials, such as the GED credential. 2 Includes persons with no college degree as well as those with an associate's degree. NOTE: The unemployment rate is the percentage of persons in the civilian labor force who are not working and who made specific efforts to find employment sometime during the prior 4 weeks. The civilian labor force consists of all civilians who are employed or seeking employment. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics, unpublished annual average data from the Current Population Survey (CPS), selected years, 1990 through 2014.