Higher Education and Women in US – More likely than men to have earned a bachelor’s degree by age 31

Nearly 36 percent of women born in the years 1980–84 had earned a bachelor’s degree by age 31, compared with 28 percent of men. Among both women and men, 38 percent had attended some college or earned an associate degree by age 31. Twenty-four percent had earned a high school diploma or General Educational Development (GED) credential.

Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story at Women more likely than men to have earned a bachelor’s degree by age 31 : The Economics Daily: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics