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The\u202fUndergraduate Degree Earners Report<\/em>\u202f<\/em>provides a demographic and education credential profile for all students who graduate with an undergraduate-level credential, encompassing undergraduate certificates and associate and bachelor\u2019s degrees. In this report, we profile students who earned undergraduate credentials during the most recent academic year (2024-25), focusing on first-time completers versus those with a prior award. We also examine change over time in student demographics (gender, age, race\/ethnicity), major field, and credentials\u202fattained\u202f(certificates, and associate and bachelor\u2019s degrees) since the 2015-16\u202facademic year. The report presents trend data nationally, as well as by state and region. All data prior to the 2024-25\u202facademic\u202fyear\u202freflect any newer and\u202fadditional\u202fdata that participating institutions have reported to the Clearinghouse since last year\u2019s publication.<\/p>\n The report is presented as an interactive data dashboard. 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About 2 million of them earned a bachelor\u2019s degree as their highest award, while 865,400 earned an associate degree. The 579,400 completers who earned an undergraduate certificate represent a decade high for the number of people earning this type of credential as their highest award.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Over the past decade, learners earning their first credential have represented around three-quarters of all undergraduate credential earners each year. However, there are notable differences across award types and student characteristics. Among bachelor\u2019s degree completers, larger shares (more than one-third in 2024-25) of Black, Hispanic, Native American, and Native Hawaiian\/Pacific Islander credential earners hold a prior award compared to fewer than 30 percent of their White, Multiracial, and Asian peers.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Students are increasingly completing undergraduate credentials at younger ages. For the first time, in 2024-25, learners between the ages of 18 and 20 represented the largest share (32.6%) of all first-time associate degree earners, surpassing those aged 21 to 24. At the same time, more learners under 18 (likely dual enrolled high school students) are earning postsecondary credentials. In 2024-25, 52,500 learners under 18 earned undergraduate certificates and associate degrees, nearly four times the number for this age group a decade ago.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n The number of bachelor\u2019s degree earners increased across all race\/ethnicity groups in 2024-25. Annual growth ranged from 0.3 percent for International bachelor\u2019s degree completers to 5.8 percent for Black bachelor\u2019s degree earners.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n The 419,800 students in 2024-25 who earned a bachelor\u2019s degree while already holding an associate degree\u2014the most common prior-to-current award pathway\u2014represented the first notable growth in this population (+1.0%) in four years. 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