Monitor Toolbox
Higher education
Tertiary educational attainment
“The share of 25-34 year-olds with tertiary educational attainment should be at least 45%, by 2030.”
Main indicator
The share of the population aged 25-34 with tertiary educational attainment. Annual data from the EU Labour Force Survey, published by Eurostat.
A closer look
The main indicator can be broken down by sex, country of birth , and region.
Similar indicators
- Entry flows, measuring new entrants to tertiary education.
- Enrolment, measuring students enrolled in tertiary education.
- Graduates, measuring graduates from tertiary education.
- Tertiary educational attainment for the age bracket 25-64, broken down by sex.
Context
- Field of study , measuring the distribution of the population aged 25-34 with tertiary level attainment across fields of education.
- Labour status , the distribution of the population aged 25-34 with tertiary level attainment by labour status.
- Women in ICT , measuring the share of female graduates in tertiary education from ICT-related fields.
- ICT specialists , measuring the number of employed ICT specialists, by sex.
Policy response
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Policies for tackling gender equity issues in higher education.
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Admissions policy in a lifelong learning framework.
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Financial measures to support equity in higher education (scoreboard indicator).
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Non-financial measures to support equity in higher education (scoreboard indicator).
Further reading
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European Commission (Joint Research Centre) 2023 report on forecasting progress towards the EU-level targets of the European Education Area.