In the 2020-21 academic year, the total number of undergraduate credential earners increased by 1.1% or 39,000 to 3.7 million graduates, based on the Undergraduate Degree Earners Report, Academic Year 2020-21.
New report shows a looming completion challenge for community college students, as evidenced by the lowest number of associate degree earners in years.
The Undergraduate Degree Earners report series, published annually, provides a basic demographic and education credential profile for all students graduating with an undergraduate credential each year.
Students with prior credentials are gradually making up a bigger share of the bachelor’s degree earner population, according to a new Research Center report.
In the 2016-17 academic year, 1st-time college graduates in the 25 and over age group dropped 5.5 percent compared to the previous year.
