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Table A43. Percentage of adults ages 25 to 64 with different combinations of nondegree and degree credentials: 2016

Combination of nondegree and degree credentials	Percentage of adults

Total, all adults	100.0

Nondegree credentials
Work credentials	23.4
Both a certification and license	2.8
Certification only	3.9
License only	16.7
Neither certification nor license	76.6

Postsecondary certificate	8.9
Postsecondary certificate and work credential	2.5
Postsecondary certificate and no work credential	6.3
No postsecondary certificate	91.2
No postsecondary certificate and work credential	20.8
No postsecondary certificate and no work credential	70.3

Nondegree and degree credentials
Nondegree or degree credential	55.9
Both a nondegree and nondegree credential	17.0
Nondegree credential only	12.7
Degree credential only	26.2
Neither a nondegree nor degree credential	44.1

NOTE: Adults are ages 25 to 64 and not enrolled in high school. The total number of adults is approximately 164,125,000. Certifications and licenses were defined in the survey as follows: "A professional certification or license shows you are qualified to perform a specific job and includes things like licensed realtor, certified medical assistant, certified teacher, or an IT certification." If a respondent indicated that a license or certification was required by a government agency, it was counted as a license; otherwise it was counted as a certification. Information was collected on respondents' three most important licenses and certifications. Postsecondary certificates are certificates obtained from a community college or other postsecondary school that included at least 40 hours of instruction and did not require being enrolled in or having completed a bachelor's degree program or higher. Work credentials include certifications and licenses, and nondegree credentials include work credentials and postsecondary certificates. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Adult Training and Education Survey (ATES) of the National Household Education Surveys Program, 2016.

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