Education

Having an inadequate education most often leads to or enforces a cycle of poverty. Through failing to qualify for good jobs, lower educational attainment is associated with lower earnings, higher crime rates, poorer health and mortality outcomes, and fewer opportunities.

The Data

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5 Loaves Farm

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The Healing Center

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Other organizations outside of the Vineyard movement that we have recognized are making a difference within this issue.

Convoy of Hope

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By the Numbers (in the US)

Educational Attainment Levels

Less than a high school diploma or equivalent

8.9%

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High school graduate as highest level of school completed

27.9%

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Some college but no degree

14.9%

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Associate degree as highest level of school completed

10.5%

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Bachelor’s degree as highest degree

23.5%

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Advanced degree such as masters, professional, or doctoral

14.4%

Educational attainment by race in 2022.

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Having High school diploma → Having Associate Degree or Higher

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Hispanic

88% → 34%

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Pacific Islander

90% → 36%

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American Indian / Alaska Native

92% → 19%

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Black

95% → 36%

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White

97% → 56%

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Asian

99% → 78%

Educational characteristics of householder with median household income in 2021

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No completed education

$31,162

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High School Graduate

$50,401

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Some College, No Degree

$60,980

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Associate Degree

$70,450

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Bachelor’s Degree

$105,552

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Master’s Degree

$124,341

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Professional Degree

$154,333

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24.3%

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Sources & Citations

Source data may contain reporting lags of one to three years as official sources publish their research and information becomes available.

COE - Educational Attainment of Young Adults

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Census Bureau Releases New Educational Attainment Data

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Median household income by education U.S. 2021 | Statista

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COVID disrupted decades of progress in math and reading - USAFacts