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No, the original link is correct -- about 27% of people of 25 have a college degree of BA or higher. If you extend the age (say to 30 or 35), you don't see much
by forkandwait 15y ago
No, the original link is correct -- about 27% of people of 25 have a college degree of BA or higher. If you extend the age (say to 30 or 35), you don't see much difference.
"go to [some] college" (68%) and "graduate from college by age 25" (27%) are COMPLETELY different statistics. Lots and lots of working class people graduate with decent grades, go to the local state college, don't fit in (or party too much), and drop out.
And going to 3.5 years of college and dropping out versus a BA makes a HUGE difference in career outcomes later -- it is a discontinuous jump.
- anonymous246 15y agoWhere did you get the info that it was 27% of people aged 25 (i.e., excluding people older)? I would be very interested to know more. It bolded right in the original article that it's 25+: "Only 27.5% of the U.S population 25 and older has a bachelors degree."
- dangrossman 15y agoWhat's the source for your number? The original article is about all people "25 and older", not "25". The census data he's quoting is "Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2005-2009": http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/00000.html http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/00000.html