2006-08-20 15:35:51 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Economics
For people over the age of 15:
Masters:
5.587%
PhD:
1.066%
2006-08-20 16:02:26 · answer #1 · answered by a_liberal_economist 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
27% of the completed inhabitants of the U. S. has a minimum of a bachelor's degree (~80 3.7 million). to your particular query, 30% of the U. S. is decrease than 21, so the respond would be 38.40 six%. in accordance to a 2006 survey, here states (and DC) had the optimal proportion of persons with a minimum of a bachelor's: - District of Columbia (40 5.9%) - Massachusetts (37%) - Maryland (35.a million%) - Colorado (33.7%) - Connecticut (33.7%) The states with the backside proportion: - West Virginia (sixteen.5%) - Arkansas (18.2%) - Mississippi (18.8%) - Kentucky (20%) - Louisiana (20.3%) I do suspect there's a clustering bring about place, in that factors with extra bigger-knowledgeable human beings will entice bigger-knowledgeable human beings from factors with fewer college-knowledgeable human beings. this would exacerbate the hollow extra.
2016-12-17 14:25:16 · answer #2 · answered by melancon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to the 2004 Census, 5.6% of the U.S. population has a Master's degree. 1.3% have some other type of professional degree (higher than a Master's, but lower than a Ph.D.). 1.1% of the population has a Ph.D.
Please note that the statistics presented above by the U.S. Census Bureau are for the civilian noninstitutionalized population, ages 15 and older.
2006-08-20 16:03:21 · answer #3 · answered by LB 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋