As of February 2025, *** percent of recent college graduates who majored in Anthropology were unemployed in the United States. *** percent of recent college graduates who majored in physics were also unemployed.

Graph and download economic data for Unemployment Rate - High School Graduates, No College, 25 Yrs. & over (LNS14027660) from Jan 1992 to Sep 2025 about secondary schooling, secondary, 25 years +, tertiary schooling, education, household survey, unemployment, rate, and USA.

High school graduates in their twenties have consistently experienced a higher unemployment rate than college graduates in the same age range. However, the unemployment gap between the two education groups has recently narrowed, reaching its lowest level since the late 1970s. This Economic Commentary shows that this narrowing coincides with a decades-long decline, one that began around 2000, in the job-finding rate among young college graduates.

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In May 2024, about 4.5 percent of recent college graduates were unemployed in the United States. This was a significant decrease from September 2020, when the unemployment rate among recent college graduates was at nine percent.

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United States - Unemployment Rate - College Graduates - Doctoral Degree, 25 years and over was 2.60% in August of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Unemployment Rate - College Graduates - Doctoral Degree, 25 years and over reached a record high of 4.50 in June of 2020 and a record low of 0.30 in February of 2001. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Unemployment Rate - College Graduates - Doctoral Degree, 25 years and over - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on December of 2025.

In 2023, around 23.5 percent of high school dropouts were unemployed, compared to 15.8 percent of graduates. See the United States unemployment rate and the monthly unemployment rate for further information. Unemployment among high school dropouts and high school graduatesAs seen from the timeline above, high school graduates are generally employed at a higher rate than individuals who had dropped out of high school. Since 2000, the share of high school dropouts to be employed has risen and fallen. Unemployment of high school dropouts reached a low in 2020 at 7.5 percent, falling well below graduates. In 2021, 90.1 percent of the U.S. population who were aged 25 and above had graduated from high school. Unemployment of high school graduates not enrolled in college is much higher than the national unemployment rate in the United States. As of 2021, unemployment in the U.S. was at 5.3 percent, down from a high of 9.6 percent unemployment in 2010, the highest yearly rate in ten years. Nationwide, unemployment is worst among farming, fishing, and forestry occupations, with a rate of 5.1 percent in May 2022, followed by construction and extraction occupations and transportation and material moving occupations. Not only were more than 7.5 percent of high school dropouts unemployed in 2021, but working high school dropouts earned less on average than individuals of any other level of educational attainment. In 2020, mean earnings of individuals who had not graduated from high school were about 26,815 U.S. dollars annually, compared to 39,498 dollars among high school graduates and 73,499 dollars among those with a Bachelor's degree.

United States - Unemployment Rate: College Graduates: Advanced Degree: Master's Degree and Higher, 25 years and over was 2.80% in August of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Unemployment Rate: College Graduates: Advanced Degree: Master's Degree and Higher, 25 years and over reached a record high of 6.20 in April of 2020 and a record low of 1.00 in December of 2021. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Unemployment Rate: College Graduates: Advanced Degree: Master's Degree and Higher, 25 years and over - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on November of 2025.

Portugal's graduate unemployment landscape between 2020 and 2024 reveals a striking imbalance across fields of study. Business sciences, administration, and law graduates faced the highest unemployment rate at 25.7 percent, while information and communication technologies (ICT) graduates experienced the lowest at 1.8 percent. The social sciences, journalism, and information field and arts and humanities presented the second and third-highest shares of unemployed graduates registered in employment centers, with 18 and 15.7 percent, respectively. Rising graduate numbers, persistent gender gap  The number of higher education graduates in Portugal has more than doubled since the late 1990s, reaching over 95,600 in the 2022/2023 academic year. Women consistently outnumbered men among graduates, with nearly 56,000 female graduates compared to 40,000 male graduates in the most recent year. However, this gender gap reversed in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, where men accounted for 65 percent of graduates across all study cycles during the 2022/2023 academic year. Growing higher education enrollment  Despite the increasing number of graduates, the unemployment rate for the youth has been decreasing slowly since the end of 2023. The positive trend occurred as higher education enrollment continues to grow, with over 446,000 students in the 2022/2023 academic year. Universities attract more students than polytechnic institutes across all regions, with Greater Lisbon hosting the largest student population of over 147,000, despite not being the country’s region with the highest number of higher education establishments.

The statistic shows the highest unemployment rates among university graduates in China in 2010, by degree course. In 2010, the unemployment rate among financial administration graduates amounted to **** percent in China.

Philippines Unemployment: Grade Completed: College: Graduate data was reported at 673.000 Person th in Feb 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 666.000 Person th for Jan 2025. Philippines Unemployment: Grade Completed: College: Graduate data is updated monthly, averaging 686.000 Person th from Jan 2021 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 50 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,038.000 Person th in Feb 2021 and a record low of 536.000 Person th in Dec 2023. Philippines Unemployment: Grade Completed: College: Graduate data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Philippine Statistics Authority. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Philippines – Table PH.G032: Labour Force Survey: Unemployment: by Age and Class.

United States - Unemployment Rate - High School Graduates, No College, 18 to 19 years was 16.60% in August of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Unemployment Rate - High School Graduates, No College, 18 to 19 years reached a record high of 32.60 in April of 2020 and a record low of 8.90 in December of 2022. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Unemployment Rate - High School Graduates, No College, 18 to 19 years - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on November of 2025.

In 2024, around 6.2 percent of people aged 25 and older who had less than a high school diploma, were unemployed. After relatively high levels of unemployment across all education groups in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, unemployment levels have decreased in the subsequent years. The monthly unemployment rate in the U.S. can be accessed here and the unemployment rate for each U.S. state can be accessed here.

United States - Unemployment Rate - College Graduates - Master's Degree, 16 years and over was 3.10% in August of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Unemployment Rate - College Graduates - Master's Degree, 16 years and over reached a record high of 6.70 in April of 2020 and a record low of 1.00 in May of 2000. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Unemployment Rate - College Graduates - Master's Degree, 16 years and over - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on October of 2025.

Ecology and environmental sciences was the least employable degree in Mexico as of 2024, as nearly one out of every ten graduates from those studies were unemployed that year. Mining and extraction followed as the second university degree, with the largest unemployment rate of eight.

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United States - Unemployment Rate - College Graduates - Master's Degree, 25 years and over was 3.00% in August of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Unemployment Rate - College Graduates - Master's Degree, 25 years and over reached a record high of 6.70 in April of 2020 and a record low of 1.00 in May of 2000. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Unemployment Rate - College Graduates - Master's Degree, 25 years and over - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on December of 2025.

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United States - Unemployment Rate - High School Graduates, No College, 25 to 34 years was 6.20% in August of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Unemployment Rate - High School Graduates, No College, 25 to 34 years reached a record high of 20.20 in April of 2020 and a record low of 4.00 in June of 2000. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Unemployment Rate - High School Graduates, No College, 25 to 34 years - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on November of 2025.