Socioeconomic Health: Adult Education

^{Disclaimer: The data represented on these pages was compiled and analyzed for Benton County's 2012 Health Status Report.
More recent demographic data is available at the census website.
Community Health Assessments are conducted every 3-5 years. The 2017 report is available here.}

Adult Educational Attainment

Based on U.S. Census data 25.2% of the Benton County population 25 years or older have a bachelor’s degree and 22.1% have a graduate or professional degree. In Oregon 18.4% of the 25 years or older population have a bachelor’s degree and 10.3% have a graduate or professional degree. In Benton County 23.4% of the population have no education beyond high school while 36.8% of the population in Oregon have no education beyond high school.

Sources:

• U.S. Census Bureau. American Fact Finder. Geography: Benton County, Oregon. Selected Social Characteristics in the United States: 2007-2009. Data Set: 2007-2009 American Community Survey 3-Year Estimates Survey: American Community Survey.
  http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml
  Type in “Benton County, Oregon” into the search bar, click “GO”, then click “Topics” and then “Dataset” and select “2009 ACS 3-year estimates”. Then click on “Selected Social Characteristics in the United States: 2007-2009”
   
• U.S. Census Bureau. American Fact Finder. Geography: Oregon. Selected Social   Characteristics in the United States: 2007-2009. Data Set: 2007-2009 American Community Survey 3-Year Estimates Survey: American Community Survey.
  http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml 
  Type in “Oregon” into the search bar, click “GO”, then click “Topics” and then “Dataset” and select “2009 ACS 3-year estimates”. Then click on “Selected Social Characteristics in the United States: 2007-2009”
   
• U.S. Census Bureau. American Fact Finder. Geography: United States. Selected Social Characteristics in the United States: 2007-2009. Data Set: 2007-2009 American Community Survey 3-Year Estimates Survey: American Community Survey.
  http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml Type in “United States” into the search bar, click “GO”, then click “Topics” and then “Dataset” and select “2009 ACS 3-year estimates”. Then click on “Selected Social Characteristics in the United States: 2007-2009”