1. Goal 2025: To increase the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees and credentials to 60 percent by the year 2025.

2. BA Rate by Age 24 2010 1970 Source: Postsecondary Education Opportunity, “Bachelor’s Degree Attainment by Age 24 by Family Income Quartiles, 1970-2009” The top income quartile hold more than half of all Bachelor’s degrees—the lowest quartile hold only 9.4% of Bachelor’s degrees.

3. Percentage of Adults 25-64 with Associate’s Degree or Higher US Ranks 4th Source: Education at a Glance 2011: OECD Indicators

4. Intergenerational Attainment: 2011 Source: Education at a Glance 2011: OECD Indicators For 25-34 cohort, US ranks 13 th.

5. Source: US Census, ACS, Table B15001, 2011 ACS 1-Year Estimates Educational Attainment For the US 2011 Age 25-64 38.73% Current % of adults with postsecondary credentials (2011)

6. 6-Year Graduation Rates at 4-Year Colleges and Universities: 2009 Overall Average: 57% Source: IPEDS First Look: Enrollment in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2009; Graduation rates 2003 and 2006 cohorts

7. 3-Year Graduation Rates at 2-Year Colleges Source: NCES (April 2010). IPEDS First Look: Enrollment in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2009; Graduation rates 2002 and 2005 cohorts Overall Average: 32.4%

9. Income by level of education Source: US Census, Current Population Survey master’s bachelor’s associate high school Less than high school