[NIFL-HEALTH:2622] Adult Educational Attainment/Forbes response

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For a Forbes response?

>From the US Census, March 1998: Adults 25 and older (172 million)

Educational Attainment                              Population (in millions)

None                                                            <1% (.844)

1-8 grade                                                   7% (11.9)

9th grade                                                       2% (3.9)

10th grade                                                  3% (5.3)

11th grade                                                  4% (7.6)

12th grade                                              33.8% (58.2)

Some college--no degree                             17.2%  (29.6)

Associate degree                                          7.5% (12.9)

Bachelor's degree                                       16.4% (28.3)

Master's degree                                            5.4% (9.2)

Professional degree                                   1.5% (2.6)

Doctorate                                                   <1% (1.9)
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Not a high school graduate                              17% (29.6)

High school graduate                                        83%  (58.2)

Bachelor's degree or more                               24%  (41.3)
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Mark Hochhauser

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