Projected Degree Gap: 15.3%

Percent of 25 to 64 Year Olds with Associate Degrees or Higher

Levels of Education

for California

AGES 25-64
  • 1,872,036 | 9.6%Less than ninth grade
  • 1,763,059 | 9.1%Ninth to 12th grade, no diploma
  • 3,888,163 | 20.0%High school graduate (or equivalency)
  • 4,400,015 | 22.7%Some college, no degree
  • 1,546,283 | 8.0%Associate degree
  • 3,836,853 | 19.8%Bachelor’s degree
  • 2,106,243 | 10.8%Graduate or professional degree
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Attainment Rates

for California

By Population Group AGES 25-64
  • 50.0%White
  • 32.5%Black
  • 15.5%Hispanic
  • 59.2%Asian
  • 25.5%Native American
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Percentage of California adults (25-64) with a two- or four-year degree by county:

Alameda 49.1 Marin 61.7 Santa Barbara 40.7
Amador 26.5 Mendocino 32.7 Santa Clara 54.2
Butte 35.6 Merced 19.9 Santa Cruz 48.2
Calaveras 32.9 Monterey 29.7 Shasta 29.8
Colusa 18.4 Napa 38.6 Siskiyou 31.4
Contra Costa 48.1 Nevada 42.2 Solano 35.9
Del Norte 24.1 Orange 44.5 Sonoma 39.6
El Dorado 43.1 Placer 46.9 Stanislaus 23.1
Fresno 27.8 Plumas 31.7 Sutter 30.6
Glenn 19.5 Riverside 27.5 Tehama 21.4
Humboldt 36.7 Sacramento 38.3 Tulare 20.3
Imperial 18.8 San Benito 30.1 Tuolumne 26.9
Kern 21.6 San Bernardino 27.1 Ventura 40.3
Kings 19.3 San Diego 43.6 Yolo 48.6
Lake 24.6 San Francisco 61.2 Yuba 22.2
Lassen 22.9 San Joaquin 25.5 Other counties 29.6*
Los Angeles 36.3 San Luis Obispo 42.0    
Madera 19.5 San Mateo 54.1    

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2008 American Community Survey

*This percentage is an average for the seven California counties with fewer than 20,000 residents.