---
title: "Widening Gap Between Those With and Without a College Education"
description: "This posting links to a new Pew Research Center report that focused on young adults, ages 25 to 32, by education level. It finds that the college-educated not only are better off than the less educated, but that the gap between the two is wider than in the past. "
date: "2014-02-11"
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/2014/02/11/widening-gap-between-those-with-and-without-a-college-education/"
---

# Widening Gap Between Those With and Without a College Education

The gap in earnings between today's young adults with college degrees and those without them is wider than it was for previous generations, according to a [new Pew Research Center report](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2014/02/11/the-rising-cost-of-not-going-to-college/) based on census data and a new nationally representative survey. The gap also has widened between college graduates and those with less education on other economic measures.