Millennials More Likely to Complete Upper Secondary Education

Data from the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) shows that millennials have completed various levels of education. However, the highest percentage (37% of total respondents) have completed senior high school (SMA) or equivalent.

The second highest percentage is junior high school graduates at 22.62%. Third, elementary school graduates at 21.83%.

Fourth, those with a Diploma IV or Bachelor's degree (S1) at 10.04%. Additionally, the number of those with less than a 9% completion rate.

Those born between 1981 and 1996, currently at least 27 years old, also include those who did not attend school, at 1.44%. This figure is higher than millennials who completed professional degrees and Master's/Doctoral degrees (S2/S3).

BPS explains that when comparing the number of millennial SMA/equivalent graduates to older generations like Baby Boomers (1946-1964) and Generation X (1965-1980), millennials have a higher percentage.

"The majority of the highest educational level completed by Baby Boomers and Generation X is elementary school or equivalent, while the highest educational level completed by millennials is senior high school or equivalent," BPS wrote in its report.

This data is taken from the long-form 2020 Population Census (SP 2020) involving 4.29 million households. This series of surveys was conducted in two stages.

The first stage involved population data collection using a short form in 2020. The second stage, using a more complex long-form questionnaire, was originally scheduled for 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this activity was postponed to 2022.

The data was processed and disseminated from June 2022 to January 30, 2023.

The following are the percentages of educational levels completed by millennials:

* Never attended school/incomplete: 1.44% of total respondents
* Incomplete elementary school: 3%
* Elementary school/equivalent: 21.83%
* Junior high school/equivalent: 22.62%
* Senior high school/equivalent: 37%
* Diploma I/II/III: 3.52%
* Diploma IV/Bachelor's degree (S1): 10.4%
* Professional degree: 0.08%
* Master's/Doctoral degree (S2/S3): 0.47%