By the numbers.

• Position: STATESTATS - US higher education - Brief article

5.6 million

Americans with a high school education or less who lost jobs during the Great Recession

187,000

Growth in jobs for Americans with bachelor's degrees during the Great Recession

230,000

Decline since January 2010 in jobs requiring high school education

65%

Percentage of U.S. jobs that will require some kind of postsecondary education by 2020

54.7%

Percentage of people in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C., with college degrees, the highest of all U.S. metropolitan areas

65%

Percentage of Koreans ages 25 to 34 with higher education degrees

42%

Percentage of Americans ages 25 to 34 with college degrees

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