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  2. Educational attainment in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The educational attainment of the U.S. population refers to the highest level of education completed. [2] The educational attainment of the U.S. population is similar to that of many other industrialized countries with the vast majority of the population having completed secondary education and a rising number of college graduates that ...

  3. Educational attainment - Wikipedia

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    Educational attainment is a term commonly used by statisticians to refer to the highest degree of education an individual has completed as defined by the US Census ...

  4. List of U.S. states and territories by educational attainment

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    34.9% of Americans over the age of 25 had educational attainment of having a bachelor's degree or higher in 2019. The state with the highest percentage of people having a bachelor's degree or higher educational attainment was Massachusetts at 50.6%, and the lowest was West Virginia at 24.1%.

  5. Education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 January 2025. Education in the United States of America National education budget (2023-24) Budget $222.1 billion (0.8% of GDP) Per student More than $11,000 (2005) General details Primary languages English System type Federal, state, local, private Literacy (2017 est.) Total 99% Male 99% Female 99% ...

  6. Education Index - Wikipedia

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    The Education Index is a component of the Human Development Index (HDI) published every year by the United Nations Development Programme. Alongside the economical indicators ( GDP ) and Life Expectancy Index , it helps measure the educational attainment .

  7. Education - Wikipedia

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    Education is the transmission of knowledge, skills, and character traits and manifests in various forms. ... Attainment of a formal qualification, ...

  8. Intelligence and education - Wikipedia

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    Evidence shows that education and intelligence have a complex interaction, and this is demonstrated in a longitudinal study by Richards and Sacker. [9] They collected data from the British 1946 birth cohort and investigated how childhood intelligence was predictive of other outcomes later in life including educational attainment and mental ability at 53 years old (using the National Adult ...

  9. Racial achievement gap in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The racial achievement gap in the United States refers to disparities in educational achievement between differing ethnic/racial groups. [1] It manifests itself in a variety of ways: African-American and Hispanic students are more likely to earn lower grades, score lower on standardized tests, drop out of high school, and they are less likely to enter and complete college than whites, while ...