---
title: "College-Educated Americans Take Bigger Share of the Income Pie"
description: "This links to a posting about the growing share of U.S. household income that goes to college-educated households, who take home a disproportionate share of aggregate income."
date: "2013-09-24"
authors:
  - name: "D’Vera Cohn"
    job_title: "Former Senior Writer/Editor"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/dvera-cohn/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2013/09/24/college-educated-americans-take-bigger-share-of-the-income-pie/"
categories:
  - "Economic Inequality"
  - "Higher Education"
  - "Income & Wages"
---

# College-Educated Americans Take Bigger Share of the Income Pie

In 2012, nearly one out of two dollars of the nation's total household income went to households headed by someone with at least a bachelor's degree, according to recently released Census Bureau data. College-educated households, which account for one-in-three households, have been taking home a growing share of aggregate U.S. income. [Read more at FactTank. ](https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2013/09/24/the-growing-economic-clout-of-the-college-educated/)