Adult Educational Attainment By Age Group 1990 And 2000 Census Results
Adult Educational Attainment by Age Group1990 and 2000 Census Results
Adult Educational Attainment1990 and 2000 Census Results*Charts and Tables (See following pages)1.Percent of Adults with a High School Credential or Higher, 1990 to 2000 by Age Group2.Percent of Adults with Some College or Higher, 1990 to 2000 by Age Group3.Percent of Adults with Associate's Degree or Higher by Age Group, 20004.Percent of Adults with Bachelor's Degree or Higher, 1990 to 2000 by Age Group5.Percent of Adults with Graduate Degree or Higher, 1990 to 2000 by Age Group* Available through the National Information Center for Higher Education Policymaking and Analysis athttp://www.higheredinfo.org .Observations1. Ohio’s educational attainment increased at all levels for all age groups between 1990 to 2000. Theoverall percentage with a high school diploma or higher increased from 75.7% to 83%, and thepercentage with a bachelor’s degree or higher increased from 17% to 21.1%.2. Ohio’s educational attainment exceeds the national average at the high school level. In 2000, Ohio’shigh school credential attainment percentage was 83%, compared to 80.4% for the nation. Ohio’spositive gap in high school attainment was largest for younger adults: 89% (OH) to 83.9% (US) in the25-34 age group. The high school credential includes both diplomas and GED certificates.3. Ohio lags the nation in every category of higher education attainment: some college, associate’sdegrees, bachelor’s degrees, and graduate degrees. In 2000 only 21.1% of Ohio adults had abachelor’s degree or higher, compared to 24.4% for the nation. Likewise, 7.4% of Ohio adults had agraduate degree or higher, compared to 8.9% for the nation.4. From 1990 to 2000, Ohio has moved in the right direction in terms of higher education achievement,but has not gone far enough. Measured in terms of the percentage of the adult population with abachelor’s degree or higher, the Ohio to U.S. educational attainment ratio improved from .84 to .86between 1990 to 2000. The gains were highest for adults in the 25-34 age group, moving from .87 to.94.5. Ohio has made progress in recent years, especially in the younger age groups. However, even if theprogress made by Ohio’s young adults in higher education is maintained in the future, an educationalachievement gap will still remain in Ohio for decades.
1.Percent of Adults with A High School Credential* or Higher1990 to 2000 by Age Group25 to 3435 to 4445 to 6425 to 6425 and 5.212.781.487.35.975.783.07.3United .29.980.683.93.375.280.45.2OH to US .03Ohio minus US199020002.15.11.93.9-0.82.00.83.40.52.6* Includes high school diplomas and GED certificates.U.S. % of Adults with High SchoolCredential or Higher, 1990 & 2000Ohio % Adults with High SchoolCredential or Higher, 1990 & .00.085.083.273.30.025 to 3435 to 44199045 to 6425 to 3435 to 4419902000Ohio vs. U.S. % Adults with HighSchool Credential or Higher, 1990100.080.085.670.060.090.084.1 83.945 to 642000Ohio vs. U.S. % Adults with HighSchool Credential or Higher, 8.985.085.2 83.235 to 4445 to 10.00.089.00.025 to 34Ohio35 to 4445 to 64United States25 to 34OhioUnited StatesSources: U.S. CensusNational Info. Center for Higher Education Policymaking and Analysis (www.higheredinfo.org)L:\Performance Group\2003 Reports\edattain 1990 2000 v2
2.Percent of Adults with Some College or Higher1990 to 2000 by Age Group25 to 3435 to 4445 to 6425 to 6425 and 8.314.544.051.87.839.346.97.6United 513.550.156.16.045.251.86.6OH to US .91Ohio minus -5.90-4.90U.S. % of Adults with Some College orHigher, 1990 & 2000Ohio % Adults with Some Collegeor Higher, 1990 & 200060.050.056.748.770.051.7 52.648.360.058.153.557.6 .00.00.025 to 3435 to 44199045 to 6425 to 3419902000Ohio vs. U.S. % Adults with SomeCollege or Higher, 199070.045 to 642000Ohio vs. U.S. % Adults with SomeCollege or Higher, 200070.060.050.035 to 54.548.340.030.030.020.020.010.010.00.052.60.025 to 3435 to 44Ohio45 to 64United States25 to 3435 to 44Ohio45 to 64United StatesSources: U.S. CensusNational Info. Center for Higher Education Policymaking and Analysis (www.higheredinfo.org)L:\Performance Group\2003 Reports\edattain 1990 2000 v2
3.Percent of Adults with Associate's Degree or Higher by Age Group, 200025 to 3435 to 4445 to 6425 to 6425 and OlderOhio33.531.227.830.327.0United States35.034.032.833.830.7OH to US Ratio0.960.920.850.900.88Ohio minus US-1.50-2.80-5.00-3.50-3.70Ohio vs. U.S. % Adults with AssociateDegree or Higher, .010.05.00.025 to 3435 to 44Ohio45 to 64United StatesSources: U.S. CensusNational Info. Center for Higher Education Policymaking and Analysis (www.higheredinfo.org)L:\Performance Group\2003 Reports\edattain 1990 2000 v2
4.Percent of Adults with Bachelor's Degree or Higher1990 to 2000 by Age Group25 to 3435 to 4445 to 6425 to 64 25 and 22.16.719.023.34.317.021.14.1United 47.322.726.53.820.324.44.1OH to US .86Ohio minus -3.30-3.30Ohio % Adults with Bachelor's orHigher, 1990 & 200030.0U.S. % of Adults with Bachelor's orHigher, 1990 & 200030.027.525.925.020.022.123.0 22.719.725.015.415.010.010.05.05.00.022.719.10.025 to 3435 to 44199045 to 6425 to 3430.025.922.727.525.023.019.145 to 642000Ohio vs. U.S. % Adults with Bachelor'sor Higher, 200030.027.019.735 to 4419902000Ohio vs. U.S. % Adults with Bachelor'sor Higher, 199020.026.425.920.015.025.027.026.425.922.722.135 to 4445 to 6420.015.415.015.010.010.05.05.00.00.025 to 3435 to 44Ohio45 to 64United States25 to 34OhioUnited StatesSources: U.S. CensusNational Info. Center for Higher Education Policymaking and Analysis (www.higheredinfo.org)L:\Performance Group\2003 Reports\edattain 1990 2000 v2
5.Percent of Adults with Graduate Degree or Higher1990 to 2000 by Age Group25 to 3435 to 4445 to 6425 to 6425 and 06.68.01.45.97.41.5United 8.09.41.47.28.91.7OH to US .83Ohio minus -1.30-1.50U.S. % of Adults with Graduate Degreeor Higher, 1990 & 2000Ohio % Adults with Graduate Degreeor Higher, 1990 & 04.76.04.08.37.25.54.02.02.00.00.025 to 3435 to 44199045 to 6425 to 3435 to 4419902000Ohio vs. U.S. % Adults with GraduateDegree or Higher, 199045 to 642000Ohio vs. U.S. % Adults with GraduateDegree or Higher, 78.06.04.04.02.02.00.011.47.27.56.20.025 to 3435 to 44Ohio45 to 64United States25 to 3435 to 44Ohio45 to 64United StatesSources: U.S. CensusNational Info. Center for Higher Education Policymaking and Analysis (www.higheredinfo.org)L:\Performance Group\2003 Reports\edattain 1990 2000 v2
Ohio's educational attainment exceeds the national average at the high school level. In 2000, Ohio's high school credential attainment percentage was 83%, compared to 80.4% for the nation. Ohio's positive gap in high school attainment was largest for younger adults: 89% (OH) to 83.9% (US) in the 25-34 age group.
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tional attainment were based on data primarily from the CPS. 1. The ACS is now used as the main source of educational attainment data because it has a larger sample and provides more reliable statis - tics for small levels of geography. The report also provides estimates of educational attainment in the United . States, including comparisons by .
Educational Attainment in the United States: March 1998 (Update) Page. Table 1. Educational Attainment of Persons 15 Years Old and Over, by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin: March 1998 [Numbers in thousands. Noninstitutional population] Age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin Elementary High School College Percent: Associate Degree
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