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January 09, 2006
Home Town Shows Well on College Education
I'm pleased to see that my home town (Seattle) was ranked as America's most educated city!!! MSN Encarta reports from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey that the top cities have the following percentages of college graduates over 25:
- Seattle (51.3)
- San Francisco (51)
- Raleigh, NC (49.7)
- Washington, DC (47.7)
- Austin, Texas (45.5)
The national average is 25.9 percent.
You don't suppose the differences between these cities (at least the top 3) are statistically insignificant, do you? Thankfully for those of us in Seattle who want bragging rights, Encarta does not report a margin of error. A person can be too rigid with proper statistical thinking, don't you think?
From that same article:
"Education levels bode well for a city's economic success. More than half of America's 20 most educated cities also rank at the top of the list of the country's most prosperous cities, not surprising given that college graduates earn an average of nearly $2.1 million in their lifetimes, almost twice as much as those with only a high school diploma."
Worth repeating: During a lifetime career, college graduates earn twice as much as non-graduates!
Posted by DavidK at January 9, 2006 05:43 AM | Permalink