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jackson7
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 Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 2:12 pm Post subject: |
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G-man! Didn't we just have this same conversation about universities and publishing a few months ago? 
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Joined: 29 May 2009
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| Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2014 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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| jackson7 wrote: |
| According to the 2012 census, 3.07% of Americans over 25 had earned doctorates |
Not true.
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Educational attainment in the United States, Age 25 and Over (2012)
High school graduate 87.65%
Some college 57.28%
Associate's and/or Bachelor's degree 40.58%
Bachelor's degree 30.94%
Master's degree 8.05%
Doctorate or professional degree 3.07% |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_attainment_in_the_United_States#General_attainment_of_degrees.2Fdiplomas
Take your number and chop it in half. I was right. Only 1.5% of Americans have a PhD.
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| Women outnumbered men in 2012 among people whose highest level of education was a bachelor's degree (21 million versus 19 million) or a master's degree (9 million compared with 7.4 million). Conversely, more men had doctorate (2 million versus 1.2 million) or professional degrees (1.8 million compared with 1.2 million). |
https://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/education/cb13-13.html |
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