If you measure the value of a community in degrees, then the triangle is a pretty hot place to be, according to data on educational attainment, released Tuesday by the Census Bureau of the United States through its American Community Survey. A Triangle Business Journal analysis of data revealed that among the 114 combined statistical areas throughout the nation, the Raleigh-Durham-Cary CSA has the third highest percentage of adults with at least a bachelor's degree.
With 40 percent of the population with at least a degree from a four-year institution of higher education, Triangle ranks only behind No. 1 Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia to 42 percent, and No. 2 San Jose-Oakland-San Francisco at 41 percent.
Raleigh-Durham area - which includes Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Harnett, Johnston, Orange, Person and Wake counties - ranking just before the Denver-Aurora-Boulder, Colorado, 39 percent; Baraboo-Madison, Wisconsin to 38 percent, and Greater Boston, 37 percent.
The triangle is easily the most graduates of the four college years in the state. Asheville into second place at 28.4 percent, followed by the Charlotte area to 27.6 percent. The Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point Triad to 24 per cent and the Laurinburg Lumberton area in the southern state, which ranked dead last of 114 AP at the national level to 13 percent.
When it comes to the proportion of adults aged 25 and over, with a master's degree or higher, the triangle slips to fourth place with 15.35 percent, just behind Boston at 15.62 percent. Washington-Baltimore and the Bay Area of California held the top two places.
Filter the data even more, and the triangle slips to sixth place in the percentage of adults with a doctorate or professional. Nearly 5 percent of the residents of Raleigh-Durham have a graduate or professional degree, ranking just behind the region of Santa Fe, NM Washington-Baltimore, at 6.18 percent, was again the first place, but Madison edges in the Bay Area for the second. The fourth is the small area Claremont-Lebanon Vermont New Hampshire.
In the Triangle, Cary is the undisputed leader in the class. Nearly 65 percent of Cary residents who are 25 years or who have obtained a Bachelor - mark easily in North Carolina. A Raleigh, 46.2 percent of adults have a college degree, and in Durham, 45.5 percent have completed college in four years, according to the survey. Furthermore, 25.6 percent of residents at least 25 years Cary has a degree of some sort. Again, is the head of state. Durham came second with 21.1 percent and in Raleigh, third with 16.8 percent.
With 40 percent of the population with at least a degree from a four-year institution of higher education, Triangle ranks only behind No. 1 Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia to 42 percent, and No. 2 San Jose-Oakland-San Francisco at 41 percent.
Raleigh-Durham area - which includes Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Harnett, Johnston, Orange, Person and Wake counties - ranking just before the Denver-Aurora-Boulder, Colorado, 39 percent; Baraboo-Madison, Wisconsin to 38 percent, and Greater Boston, 37 percent.
The triangle is easily the most graduates of the four college years in the state. Asheville into second place at 28.4 percent, followed by the Charlotte area to 27.6 percent. The Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point Triad to 24 per cent and the Laurinburg Lumberton area in the southern state, which ranked dead last of 114 AP at the national level to 13 percent.
When it comes to the proportion of adults aged 25 and over, with a master's degree or higher, the triangle slips to fourth place with 15.35 percent, just behind Boston at 15.62 percent. Washington-Baltimore and the Bay Area of California held the top two places.
Filter the data even more, and the triangle slips to sixth place in the percentage of adults with a doctorate or professional. Nearly 5 percent of the residents of Raleigh-Durham have a graduate or professional degree, ranking just behind the region of Santa Fe, NM Washington-Baltimore, at 6.18 percent, was again the first place, but Madison edges in the Bay Area for the second. The fourth is the small area Claremont-Lebanon Vermont New Hampshire.
In the Triangle, Cary is the undisputed leader in the class. Nearly 65 percent of Cary residents who are 25 years or who have obtained a Bachelor - mark easily in North Carolina. A Raleigh, 46.2 percent of adults have a college degree, and in Durham, 45.5 percent have completed college in four years, according to the survey. Furthermore, 25.6 percent of residents at least 25 years Cary has a degree of some sort. Again, is the head of state. Durham came second with 21.1 percent and in Raleigh, third with 16.8 percent.
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