N truth about American college students

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Compiled Zhao Tingting

In the US labor market, a university degree is still an advantage: employees with degrees are higher salary, and resumes are more likely to be picked by enterprises. However, the US think tank Petoy Research Center showed that today's young American people are increasingly not interested in getting diplomas. Some of them can't afford expensive tuition, and more people "do not want to read at all."

What is the difference between the younger generation and predecessors in the United States? The following is the characteristics of the Pew Research Center through sorting out the authoritative survey data of the United States and summarizing several characteristics.

The proportion of college students rose

In the past 10 years, the number of young people with bachelor degree and higher education in the United States has increased as a whole.

According to the survey data of the American Population Census Bureau, 40%of the American youths who participated in the survey obtained a bachelor's degree in the survey, 14.3%of them received a master's degree, 10.5%of the respondents obtained The second degree.

In addition, about 40%of American youths have high Chinese diplomas. Of these people, 25.3%took the initiative to give up the opportunity to go to college, 14.9%entered the university to study but failed to get a degree.

The student graduation rate is large

The latest data from the non -profit institution "National Student Exchange Center" shows that 62.2%of American college students have completed all courses within 6 years and obtained a degree. Different types of schools have different graduation rates. The highest graduation rate was students in private schools in four years, and 78.3%of them obtained a degree. The lowest graduation rate is students in two -year public schools, and only 42.2%of students have obtained their diplomas.

Business and Medical Science

Data from the National Education Statistics Center showed that from 2019 to 2020, a total of 2 million American people obtained a bachelor's degree. Among them, 25%of graduates obtained a bachelor's degree in business science, and 12.6%of graduates received bachelor's degree in medical and health. The majors related to these two directions are also the most popular among students.

Among all majors, the most unprecedented are military technology and applied sciences, library studies, and precision production majors.

Degree Decisive income level

In the United States, young people with degrees and no degree have continued to expand their income gap. In 2021, among the 22nd to 27 -year -old full -time employees, the annual salary of employees with a bachelor's degree reached $ 52,000. In contrast, the annual salary of the same age employees with high Chinese diplomas is only $ 30,000. According to the US Labor Statistics, the gap continues to expand over time. In 1990, the annual salary of employees who obtained a bachelor's degree in the United States was about $ 48,400, and the annual salary of employees who received high Chinese diplomas was about 35,300 US dollars. For 30 years, the salaries of low -degree employees have fallen significantly.

Education affects unemployment rate

In the workplace, education not only affects income, but also affects the unemployment rate.

Before the outbreak of new coronary pneumonia, the unemployment rate of graduates from American university was 1.9%. Young people who did not obtain a bachelor's degree and young people with only high Chinese diplomas reached 3.1%and 3.7%, respectively. As the epidemic continued, in June 2020, the unemployment rates of these three groups increased to 6.8%, 10.8%, and 12.2%, respectively.

According to the Pedu Research Center, with the gradual control of the epidemic, the overall employment rate of young people in the United States is expected to return to the level before the epidemic, but the unemployment rate of college graduates will still be lower than those who have not received university education for a long time.

"Education inflation" is serious

Although young American people who have bachelor's degree or higher degree have advantages when choosing a career, under the influence of the new crown pneumonia, most young people still face some problems, such as people with a bachelor's degree in work without degree. Among them, the influence of fresh graduates is particularly prominent.

Data show that as of December 2021, 41%of graduates from 22 to 27 years old are facing the problem of "academic inflation". Among them, 34%of young people have obtained the "good non -university work" defined by the Federal Reserve, that is, the annual salary of $ 45,000. 11%of college graduates are engaged in work with an annual salary of less than $ 25,000. The Pew Research Center believes that the proportion of young people in the latter range will still rise in the future.

Family environmental impact

The impact of the family environment on young people is crucial.

A survey of Poye Research Center in May 2021 found that in the family where parents have received college education, the education level and family income level of children have improved significantly. For example, parents have not received college graduates who have received college education. In 2019, the median annual income of the family was US $ 99,600; a college graduate who received a undergraduate degree in the parents, in 2019 It was $ 135,800.

This gap is also reflected in the prospect of personal education. Data show that in families who have obtained a university degree in a generation of parents, the proportion of children entering university is 85%; in families who have not obtained a college degree in their parents, this ratio is 61%. It is worth noting that the latter is more likely to carry education -related bank debts.

There are many benefits of university education

Most American college students said that university education has benefited them a lot.

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