{"id":4248,"date":"2020-08-31T11:09:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T16:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/chart\/educational-attainment-among-u-s-immigrants-1960-2018\/"},"modified":"2024-08-12T11:29:28","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T15:29:28","slug":"educational-attainment-among-u-s-immigrants-1960-2018","status":"publish","type":"chart","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/chart\/educational-attainment-among-u-s-immigrants-1960-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Educational attainment among U.S. immigrants, 1960-2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-chart-builder\">\t\t<div style=\"max-width:640px\" class=\"wp-chart-builder-wrapper aligncenter chart-builder-data-table wp-block-prc-chart-builder-controller\" id=\"e0531d6d-f44d-4097-8ec3-aff3ce837a1b\" data-wp-interactive=\"prc-chart-builder\/controller\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;e0531d6d-f44d-4097-8ec3-aff3ce837a1b&quot;,&quot;postId&quot;:4248,&quot;postUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/alpha.pewresearch.org\\\/pewresearch-org\\\/chart\\\/educational-attainment-among-u-s-immigrants-1960-2018\\\/&quot;,&quot;chartPostUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/alpha.pewresearch.org\\\/pewresearch-org\\\/chart\\\/educational-attainment-among-u-s-immigrants-1960-2018\\\/&quot;,&quot;postPubDate&quot;:&quot;2020-08-31&quot;,&quot;rootUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/alpha.pewresearch.org\\\/pewresearch-org&quot;,&quot;featuredImageId&quot;:null,&quot;featuredImageUrl&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Educational attainment among U.S. immigrants, 1960-2018&quot;,&quot;subtitle&quot;:&quot;% of immigrants ages 25 and older whose highest level of education is a ____&quot;,&quot;note&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;source&quot;:&quot;Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 1960-2000 decennial censuses and 2010, 2013-2018 American Community Surveys (IPUMS).&quot;,&quot;tag&quot;:&quot;PEW RESEARCH CENTER&quot;,&quot;tableData&quot;:{&quot;header&quot;:[&quot;Year&quot;,&quot;Bachelor&#039;s degree&quot;,&quot;Postgraduate degree&quot;],&quot;rows&quot;:[[&quot;1960&quot;,&quot;2.5%&quot;,&quot;2.6%&quot;],[&quot;1970&quot;,&quot;4.0%&quot;,&quot;5.0%&quot;],[&quot;1980&quot;,&quot;7.0%&quot;,&quot;8.7%&quot;],[&quot;1990&quot;,&quot;11.5%&quot;,&quot;8.8%&quot;],[&quot;2000&quot;,&quot;13.7%&quot;,&quot;10.3%&quot;],[&quot;2010&quot;,&quot;15.9%&quot;,&quot;11.1%&quot;],[&quot;2013&quot;,&quot;16.4%&quot;,&quot;11.9%&quot;],[&quot;2014&quot;,&quot;16.6%&quot;,&quot;12.0%&quot;],[&quot;2015&quot;,&quot;17.1%&quot;,&quot;12.6%&quot;],[&quot;2016&quot;,&quot;17.2%&quot;,&quot;12.8%&quot;],[&quot;2017&quot;,&quot;17.8%&quot;,&quot;13.4%&quot;],[&quot;2018&quot;,&quot;18.1%&quot;,&quot;13.9%&quot;]],&quot;footer&quot;:[]}}\" data-wp-init--detect-web-share-support=\"callbacks.detectWebShareSupport\" data-wp-init--sync-table-height=\"callbacks.syncTableHeight\" data-wp-init--watch-chart=\"callbacks.watchChart\" data-png-url=\"\" data-has-csv=\"true\" data-post-url=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/chart\/educational-attainment-among-u-s-immigrants-1960-2018\/\" data-chart-url=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/chart\/educational-attainment-among-u-s-immigrants-1960-2018\/\" data-chart-title=\"Educational attainment among U.S. immigrants, 1960-2018\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-chart-builder-chart\" data-chart-view=\"chart\" data-allow-overlay=\"true\" data-wp-class--active=\"state.isActive\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-chart-builder-inner wp-block-prc-chart-builder-chart\" id=\"chart-block-2\" data-wp-key=\"de437469-2ea3-4e98-b0b3-f8bec54a6845\" data-wp-interactive=\"prc-chart-builder\/chart\" data-wp-router-region=\"chart-de437469-2ea3-4e98-b0b3-f8bec54a6845\" data-prc-chart-id=\"de437469-2ea3-4e98-b0b3-f8bec54a6845\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;de437469-2ea3-4e98-b0b3-f8bec54a6845&quot;}\" data-wp-watch--init-render=\"callbacks.watchForRender\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.watchForResize\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cb__text-wrapper\" style=\"max-width:640px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<hr class=\"cb__hr\" style=\"margin: 0 0 10px; max-width:640px;\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cb__title\">Educational attainment among U.S. immigrants, 1960-2018<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cb__subtitle\">% of immigrants ages 25 and older whose highest level of education is a ____<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"de437469-2ea3-4e98-b0b3-f8bec54a6845\"><div class=\"chart-fallback chart-fallback--placeholder\" style=\"width:640px;min-height:200px;\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cb__note cb__note--note\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cb__note cb__note--source\">Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 1960-2000 decennial censuses and 2010, 2013-2018 American Community Surveys (IPUMS).<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cb__tag\">PEW RESEARCH CENTER<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<hr class=\"cb__hr\" style=\"margin: 10px 0 0; max-width:640px;\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<!-- register a callback on this div to see if the native share is supported -->\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"share-modal__overlay\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"share-modal__overlay-e0531d6d-f44d-4097-8ec3-aff3ce837a1b\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--active=\"state.isActive\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--web-share-supported=\"state.webShareSupported\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.hideModal\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.hideModal\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-chart-view=\"share\"\n\t\t\t><\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- TODO: I would like to be able to use the social share block here. 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