Indicator 8.1: Educational Attainment
| Table 8.1. Percentage distribution of adults ages 25 and over, by highest level of educational attainment and race/ethnicity: 2003 |
| Total
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
100.0 |
|---|
| High school dropout
| 15.4
| 10.6
| 19.7
| 43.0
| 12.2
| 22.8 |
| High school completion
| 32.0
| 32.9
| 35.4
| 27.4
| 20.7
| 35.2 |
|---|
| Some college
| 17.2
| 17.6
| 20.1
| 13.0
| 11.5
| 22.2 |
|---|
| Associate's degree
| 8.2
| 8.8
| 7.5
| 5.2
| 6.8
| 7.3 |
|---|
| Bachelor's degree
| 17.9
| 19.7
| 12.3
| 8.3
| 30.7
| 9.0 |
|---|
| Graduate degree
| 9.3
| 10.4
| 5.2
| 3.1
| 18.1
| 3.6 |
|---|
| Master's degree
|
6.6
| 7.4
| 4.0
| 2.1
| 12.2
| 2.7 |
|---|
| Doctoral or professional degree
|
2.7
| 3.0
| 1.1
| 1.0
| 5.9
| 0.9 |
| NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. |
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), March 2003. |
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