Working Women Surpass Men In Advanced Degrees

Working Women Surpass Men In Advanced Degrees

For the first time, more working American women have bachelor and advanced degrees than their male co-workers. Census figures released yesterday show that as of last year, 37% of women 25 and older had a bachelor’s degree or more, compared with 35% of men.

 As they move from the home and into the workforce, women began surpassing men in college enrollment in the 1980s. Overall, 30% of adults 25 and older, or 60 million people, had at least a bachelor’s degree. That’s an increase of 4 percentage points from 2000. Other highlights:

• 87% of adults 25 and older had at least a high school diploma or equivalent, up from 84% in 2000.
• Of the 200 million people 25 and older in 2010, 26 million had not completed high school, while 174 million had at least a high school education.