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

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

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

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

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

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

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%

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