Unemployment rate, participation rate, and employment rate by type of student during school months, gender and age group, monthly.
Unemployment rate and employment rate by type of student during summer months, gender and age group. Data are also available for the standard error of the estimate and the standard error of the year-over-year change.
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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Graph and download economic data for Unemployment Rate - College Graduates - Bachelor's Degree, 20 to 24 years (CGBD2024) from Jan 2000 to Jun 2025 about 20 to 24 years, tertiary schooling, education, unemployment, rate, and USA.
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.
As of February 2023, **** percent of recent college graduates who majored in Fine Arts were unemployed in the United States. *** percent of recent college graduates who majored in philosophy were also unemployed.
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This statistic shows the unemployment rate of persons, aged 15 to 24 years old, in Canada in 2022, by student status. The unemployment rate presented here is expressed as a percentage of the labor force who are aged 15 to 24 years. In 2022, about *** percent of part-time students were unemployed in Canada.
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.
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China Surveyed Unemployment Rate: Urban: (Excluding Students) Age 16 to 24 data was reported at 16.500 % in Mar 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 16.900 % for Feb 2025. China Surveyed Unemployment Rate: Urban: (Excluding Students) Age 16 to 24 data is updated monthly, averaging 15.900 % from Dec 2023 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 16 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 18.800 % in Aug 2024 and a record low of 13.200 % in Jun 2024. China Surveyed Unemployment Rate: Urban: (Excluding Students) Age 16 to 24 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Labour Market – Table CN.GB: Surveyed Unemployment. From December 2023, taking into account the national conditions,the statistics of the unemployment rate by age group have been improved and adjusted, and the surveyed unemployment rate by age group excluding students has been calculated.
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United States - Unemployment Rate - College Graduates - Doctoral Degree, 25 years and over was 2.50% in June 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 July of 2025.
China resumed the release of youth unemployment data in January 2024 after publication had been suspended for six months, using a new statistical methodology. Youth unemployment hit a record high of 21.3 percent in June 2023 after having increased for several years in a row, when a spokesman of the National Bureau of Statistics of China announced that the statistical methodology for calculating age specific unemployment rates needed improvement and publication would be temporarily suspended. The new methodology does not include university students anymore, resulting in a youth unemployment rate of **** percent in June 2025. Youth jobless figures fluctuate over the year and normally peak in July in China, when the largest number of graduates enter the job market.
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United States Unemployment Rate: Age 25 & Over: High School Graduate Only data was reported at 3.800 % in Oct 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 3.500 % for Sep 2018. United States Unemployment Rate: Age 25 & Over: High School Graduate Only data is updated monthly, averaging 5.100 % from Jan 1992 (Median) to Oct 2018, with 322 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 11.900 % in Mar 2010 and a record low of 3.000 % in Oct 1999. United States Unemployment Rate: Age 25 & Over: High School Graduate Only data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.G018: Current Population Survey: Unemployment Rate.
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Unemployment rate and employment rate by type of student during summer months, sex and age group, last 5 months. Data are also available for the standard error of the estimate and the standard error of the year-over-year change.
Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment) and not in the labour force, unemployment rate, participation rate and employment rate by province, type of student during summer months, gender, and age group. Data are presented for 24 months earlier, 12 months earlier and current month, as well as 24-month and year-over-year level change and percentage change.
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The Recent College Graduates (RCG) survey estimates the potential supply of newly qualified teachers in the United States and explores the immediate post-degree employment and education experiences of individuals obtaining bachelor's or master's degrees from American colleges and universities. The RCG survey, which focuses heavily, but not exclusively, on those graduates qualified to teach at the elementary and secondary levels, is designed to meet the following objectives: (1) to determine how many graduates become eligible or qualified to teach for the first time and how many are employed as teachers in the year following graduation, by teaching field, (2) to examine the relationship between courses taken, student achievement, and occupational outcomes, and (3) to monitor unemployment rates and average salaries of graduates by field of study. The RCG survey collects information on education and employment of all graduates (date of graduation, field of study, whether newly qualified to teach, further enrollment, financial aid, employment status, and teacher employment characteristics) as well as standard demographic characteristics such as earnings, age, marital status, sex, and race/ethnicity. The 1989-1990 survey (called RCG-91 because the data were collected in 1991) contains four data files. Part 1 contains variables from the main questionnaire and includes information on type of degree received, teaching eligibility, certification, salary, and whether the respondent was unemployed. Also included are transcripts for sampled bachelor degree recipients. Part 2 contains verbatim comments from graduates regarding fields of study, occupation, and parents' occupations. Replicate weights are contained in Part 3, and imputation flags are found in Part 4.
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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.
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Unemployment rate, participation rate, and employment rate by type of student during school months, sex and age group, last 5 years.
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Philippines Unemployment: Grade Completed: Senior High School: Graduate data was reported at 242.000 Person th in Feb 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 237.000 Person th for Jan 2025. Philippines Unemployment: Grade Completed: Senior High School: Graduate data is updated monthly, averaging 190.000 Person th from Jan 2021 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 50 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 292.000 Person th in Jul 2024 and a record low of 107.000 Person th in Jun 2024. Philippines Unemployment: Grade Completed: Senior High School: 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.
Unemployment rate, participation rate, and employment rate by type of student during school months, gender and age group, monthly.