Educational attainment

Educational attainment

Educational attainment is a term commonly used by statisticans to refer to the highest degree of education an individual has completed.cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/main/www/cen2000.html|title=US Census Bureau glossary|accessdate=2006-06-30]

The US Census Bureau Glossary defines educational attainment as "the highest level of education completed in terms of the highest degree or the highest level of schooling completed." cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/main/www/cen2000.html|title=US Census Bureau glossary|accessdate=2006-06-30]

ee also

*Educational attainment in the United States
*Academic degree
*Bachelor's degree
*Master's degree
*Doctorate degree

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