February 2012

On February 23, the U.S. Census Bureau released five new education statistical products, including “Educational Attainment in the United States: 2011,” a collection of national-level tables from the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC). Also released was “Educational Attainment in the United States: 2009,” a report showing monthly employment rates by educational attainment from January 2008 to December 2010, along with other information on education from the American Community Survey (ACS), the CPS ASEC, and the monthly Current Population Survey.

Other products released include “Field of Bachelor's Degree in the United States: 2009,” the first report to examine results from the ACS questionnaire item that asked bachelor's degree holders to indicate their specific major; “What It's Worth: Field of Training and Economic Status in 2009,” a report that examines the relationship between educational attainment, fields of study, and eventual occupation and earnings; and the working paper “Measurement of High School Equivalency Credentials in Census Bureau Surveys.”