Growth in Associate Degree Job Requirement

Education and Training

All seven of the education and training categories projected in the following chart to have faster than average employment growth require a postsecondary vocational or academic award--see Chart 4. These seven categories will account for two-fifths of all employment growth over the 2000-10 period.

Employment in occupations requiring at least a bachelor's degree is expected to grow 21.6 percent and account for five out of the six fastest growing education or training categories. Two categories--jobs requiring an associate degree, projected to grow 32 percent over the 2000-10 period, faster than any other category, and jobs requiring a postsecondary vocational award--together will grow 24.1 percent. The four categories of occupations requiring work-related training are projected to increase 12.4 percent, compared with 15.2 percent for all occupations combined. Education is essential in getting a high-paying job.*

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*Bureau of Labor Statistics.