Chart: Unemployment rate, by education, 2007 and the last 12 months

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Unemployment rate, by education, 2007 and the last 12 months

	2007	February 2014 to January 2015
Less than high school	10.3%	12.5%
High school	5.4%	7.5%
Some college	4.0%	6.0%
College degree	2.4%	3.7%
Advanced degree	1.7%	2.6%

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Note: Due to the fact that the data are not seasonally adjusted, 12 month averages are used. The last 12 months consist of data from February 2014 to January 2015.

Source: EPI analysis of basic monthly Current Population Survey microdata

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