An undergraduate degree still matters in the job market
Core finding
In a Verasight survey of 1,000 U.S. adults conducted in December 2025, 62% of Americans said an undergraduate degree is important in today's job market. This includes 43% who said somewhat important and 20% who said extremely important.
About one in seven said it is unimportant (15%), with 10% who said somewhat unimportant and 5% who said very unimportant. Another 23% said it is neither important nor unimportant.
Topline scale
62% of Americans say an undergraduate degree is important in today's job market.
How important is an undergraduate degree in the job market today?
n = 1,000 · Dec 3–8, 2025 · MoE ±3.2%
Methodology
Full methodology →| Mode | Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting |
|---|---|
| Population | US adults age 18+ |
| Field dates | Dec 3–8, 2025 |
| Base (unweighted) | 1,000 |
| Margin of error | ±3.2% |
| Module | soc_pol |
| Sponsor | Verasight |
| Weight variable | weight |
| Weighting targets | age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status |
Sources
- reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-human-v-synthetic
How important is an undergraduate degree in the job market today?
Cite this question
Verasight Human/LLM Comparison Survey #2025-172, fielded December 3-8, 2025, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.2%.