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Bachelor's Degree or Higher for Massachusetts (GCT1502MA)

Observations

2024: 48.3
Updated: Sep 11, 2025 9:12 AM CDT
2024:  48.3  
2023:  47.8  
2022:  46.6  
2021:  46.6  
2020:  46.9  

Units:

Percent,
Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

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Title Release Dates
Bachelor's Degree or Higher for Massachusetts 2013-09-19 2025-09-11
 
Source    
U.S. Census Bureau 2013-09-19 2025-09-11
 
Release    
American Community Survey 2013-09-19 2016-12-07
Educational Attainment 2016-12-08 2025-09-11
 
Units    
Percent 2013-09-19 2025-09-11
 
Frequency    
Annual 2013-09-19 2025-09-11
 
Seasonal Adjustment    
Not Seasonally Adjusted 2013-09-19 2025-09-11
 
Notes    
Estimate of educational attainment for population 18 years old and over whose highest degree was a bachelor's, master's, or professional or doctorate degree. (ACS variable S1501_C02_015E from table S1501.)

For more information about the subject definitions, see: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/technical-documentation/code-lists.html.

Single-year estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS) are "period" estimates derived from a data sample collected over a period of time, as opposed to "point-in-time" estimates such as those from past decennial censuses. ACS single-year estimates include data collected over a 12-month period; explicitly the calendar year (e.g., the 2015 ACS covers the period from January 2015 through December 2015).

Please see the ACS handbook (Section 3, "Understanding and Using ACS Single-Year and Multiyear Estimates" p. 13) for a comprehensive set of details and clarifications: https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2018/acs/acs_general_handbook_2018.pdf"

2013-09-19 2021-11-29
Estimate of educational attainment for population 18 years old and over whose highest degree was a bachelor's, master's, or professional or doctorate degree (ACS variable S1501_C02_015E from table S1501).

For more information about the subject definitions, see the ACS technical documentation (https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/technical-documentation/code-lists.html).

Data for 2020 are based on the experimental estimates from the 1-year American Community Survey released by the Census Bureau instead of the traditional 1-year estimates. For more information, visit the 2020 ACS 1-Year Experimental Data Release page (https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/data/experimental-data.html).

Single-year estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS) are "period" estimates derived from a data sample collected over a period of time, as opposed to "point-in-time" estimates such as those from past decennial censuses. ACS single-year estimates include data collected over a 12-month period; explicitly the calendar year (e.g., the 2015 ACS covers the period from January 2015 through December 2015).

Please see the ACS handbook (https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2018/acs/acs_general_handbook_2018.pdf) (Section 3, "Understanding and Using ACS Single-Year and Multiyear Estimates" p. 13) for a comprehensive set of details and clarifications.

2021-11-30 2025-09-11

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