Educational attainment - persons 25 years and over - percent bachelor's degree or higher, 2006-2010 - (Percent)
County
Value
Albany
37.6
Allegany
18.6
Bronx
17.6
Broome
25.1
Cattaraugus
18.1
Cayuga
18.4
Chautauqua
20.3
Chemung
20.9
Chenango
17.0
Clinton
21.7
Columbia
28.2
Cortland
24.3
Delaware
19.1
Dutchess
32.0
Erie
29.1
Essex
25.5
Franklin
17.3
Fulton
14.3
Genesee
20.2
Greene
19.2
Hamilton
25.9
Herkimer
18.2
Jefferson
20.2
Kings
28.8
Lewis
14.4
Livingston
23.4
Madison
23.7
Monroe
34.8
Montgomery
15.9
Nassau
40.9
New York
57.0
Niagara
19.6
Oneida
21.5
Onondaga
32.0
Ontario
31.0
Orange
27.7
Orleans
15.1
Oswego
15.7
Otsego
25.5
Putnam
38.0
Queens
29.5
Rensselaer
26.7
Richmond
28.5
Rockland
40.7
Saratoga
34.6
Schenectady
28.7
Schoharie
21.0
Schuyler
17.4
Seneca
18.1
St. Lawrence
18.7
Steuben
19.9
Suffolk
31.9
Sullivan
20.3
Tioga
22.7
Tompkins
49.7
Ulster
29.5
Warren
27.3
Washington
16.8
Wayne
21.5
Westchester
44.5
Wyoming
14.8
Yates
22.1
Value for New York (Percent): 32.1%
Data item: Educational attainment - persons 25 years and over - percent bachelor's degree or higher, 2006-2010
Source: U. S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 5-Year Estimates. Updated every year. http://factfinder2.census.gov
Definitions:
High School Graduates include people whose highest degree was a high school diploma or its equivalent, people who attended college but did not receive a degree, and people who received an associate�s, bachelor�s, master�s, or professional or doctorate degree. People who reported completing the 12th grade but not receiving a diploma are not included.
Persons with a Bachelor's Degree or Higher are those who have received a bachelor's degree from a college or university, or a master's, professional, or doctorate degree.
These data include only persons 25 years old and over. The percentages are obtained by dividing the counts of graduates by the total number of persons 25 years old and over.
Scope and Methodology:
These data are collected in the American Community Survey (ACS). The data are estimates and are subject to sampling variability. The data for each geographic area are presented together with margins of error at factfinder2.census.gov. The data are period estimates, that is, they represent the characteristics of the population over a specific 60-month data collection period.
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