An increasing share of U.S. immigrants have a bachelor's degree or higher % of immigrants ages 25 and folder whose highest level of education is a 1960-2016
In 2016, 17.2% of immigrants ages 25 and older had a bachelor’s degree and another 12.8% had attained a postgraduate degree, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data. Both shares are up since 1980, when 7.0% held a bachelor’s degree and another 8.7% held a postgraduate degree.
An increasing share of U.S. immigrants have a  | bachelor's degree or higher  | % of immigrants ages 25 and folder whose highest level of education is a  | 1960-2016  | 17.2  | Bachelor's degree  | 13.7  | 12.8  | 8.7  | 10.3  | Postgraduate degree  | 7.0  | 2.6  | 2.5  | 1990  | 2000  | 2010 2016  | 1960  | 1970  | 1980  | Note: Postgraduate degree" refers to those who have attained a degree higher than a  | bachelor's Postgraduate degree.  | Source Pew Research Center tabulations of 1960-2000 decennial censuses and 2010,  | 2013 2016 American Community Surveys (IPUMS).  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 