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An official website of the United States government Here’s how you know (cid:0)    BACK TO TOPICS PAGE [/ACS/WWW/ABOUT/WHY-WE-ASK-EACH-QUES… We ask questions about the highest level of education a person has completed and the field of any completed undergraduate college degrees to create statistics about education. Local, state, tribal, and federal agencies use education data to measure changes in education over time, evaluate the educational attainment of the workforce, and understand the continuing education needs of adults. Your privacy concerns We use your confidential survey answers to create statistics like those in the results below and in the full tables that contain all th data—no one is able to figure out your survey answers from the statistics we produce. The Census Bureau is legally bound to strict confidentiality requirements. Individual records are not shared with anyone, including federal agencies and law enforcemen entities. By law, the Census Bureau cannot share respondents' answers with anyone, including companies, other federal agenci and law enforcement. Questions as they appear on the form We ask two questions that cover highest degree or level of school completed and field of any (cid:0)    VIEW QUESTIONS Bachelor's degree to understand educational needs. Results from these questions We compile the results from these questions to provide communities with important statistics to understand the educational need of children and adults, as well as ensure equal opportunity. You can see some of these published statistics here for the nation, states, and your community. United States Population 25 and Over, High School Graduate or Higher 89.4 percent [https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP5Y2023.DP02] Source: Latest ACS 5-Year Estimates Data Profiles/Social Characteristics [https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP5Y2023.DP02] Population 25 and Over with Bachelor's Degree or Higher 35.0 percent [https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP5Y2023.DP02] Source: Latest ACS 5-Year Estimates Data Profiles/Social Characteristics [https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP5Y2023.DP02] Population 25 and Over with a Bachelor’s Degree or Higher in Science and Engineering 35.8 percent [https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2023.S1502] Source: Latest ACS 5-Year Estimates Subject Tables: S1502 [https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2023.S1502] Is this page helpful? ✕ Yes No Educational attainment, undergraduate field of degree data help communities: Educate Children and Adults We ask about educational attainment to help schools understand the needs of adult students who do not have a high school diploma or equivalent and qualify for grants that help fund programs for these students (Workforce Investment Act). We ask about undergraduate field of degree because knowing the major fields of study of adults with bachelor's degrees enable efforts to develop the nation's science, technology, engineering, and mathematics labor force (America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010). Ensure Equal Opportunity We want to know about the educational attainment of workers compared to those seeking employment in combination with age, sex, race, Hispanic origin, disability status, and other data, to help enforce nondiscrimination in employment by federal agencies private employers, employment agencies, and labor organizations (Civil Rights Act of 1964). This information is also used in targeting voting rights enforcement (Voting Rights Act). History of educational attainment, undergraduate field of degree questions Educational attainment originated with the 1940 Census. It was transferred to the ACS in 2005 when it replaced the decennial census long form. Undergraduate field of degree was added in 2009. [https://acsdatacommunity.prb.org/] Is this page helpful? ✕ Yes No