Underemployment Among College Graduates Drops, Report Says
Report: “Sharp Declines in Underemployment for College Graduates”
Organization: Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce
Summary: The percentage of college graduates who are underemployed has fallen from its recession-era peak of 10.2 percent to 6.2 percent today, a new study has found. By comparison, the rate for high-school graduates is 13 percent. A report on the study breaks down underemployment by race, noting that disparities between different races’ underemployment rates decline with more education. For instance, African-Americans’ underemployment rate eclipses the white underemployment rate by nearly nine percentage points. But that disparity is cut in half among college graduates.