I'm looking for percentage of people in the US who hold Bachelor's degrees. I have head that it's less than 20% (17%) but that sounds like of low. If you don't have a documented source for this figure could you please recommend organizations that might have this info?
2006-08-22 16:12:20 · 6 answers · asked by Solunas 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
In 2005, approximately 27.2 percent of the population 25 years and over had received a bachelor's degree or more.
This is US Census data. Note that it is Bachelor's degree "or more."
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2006-08-22 16:14:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I remember reading in Newsweek about a year ago that 27% of people in the US over 25 have a BA/BS/BBA. However, keep in mind this stat includes tens of millions of baby boomers who grew up in an era where a HS diploma was it. The same article said that only one out of four people who go to college actually finish.
2006-08-22 16:21:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
21% of people had taken some college classes yet had no longer earned a level in 2000, compared to 18.7% 10 years previously. 15.5% had earned a bachelor's degree yet no more desirable, compared to 13.a million% in 1990. 8.9% earned graduate or specialist stages, compared to 7.2% previously.
2016-11-27 00:02:10 · answer #3 · answered by spinelli 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wikipedia- Bachelor degree
I have heard 23 and 20 so thats what im sticking too. Its not too low. Many people who go to University do not finish BA BS degrees.
In Australia its something awful like 40% lol...poor auzzies..
2006-08-22 16:19:32 · answer #4 · answered by NARC 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Holds hand up with Masters degree in it
2006-08-22 16:17:30 · answer #5 · answered by Mopar Muscle Gal 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
24.4 Percent in 2000.
It seems low to me also, but I think that's because we don't associate with a large group of uneducated people.
2006-08-22 16:20:16 · answer #6 · answered by Michael M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋