Overall educational attainment measures the highest level of education attained by a given individual: for example, an individual counted in the percentage of the measured population with a master’s or professional degree can be assumed to also have a bachelor’s degree and a high school diploma, but they are not counted in the population percentages for those two categories. Overall educational attainment is the broadest education indicator available, providing information about the measured county population as a whole.

Only members of the population aged 25 and older are included in these educational attainment estimates, sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS).

Champaign County has high educational attainment: over 48 percent of the county's population aged 25 or older has a bachelor's degree or graduate or professional degree as their highest level of education. In comparison, the percentage of the population aged 25 or older in the United States and Illinois with a bachelor's degree in 2023 was 21.8% (+/-0.1) and 22.8% (+/-0.2), respectively. The population aged 25 or older in the U.S. and Illinois with a graduate or professional degree in 2022, respectively, was 14.3% (+/-0.1) and 15.5% (+/-0.2).

Educational attainment data was sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates, which are released annually.

As with any datasets that are estimates rather than exact counts, it is important to take into account the margins of error (listed in the column beside each figure) when drawing conclusions from the data.

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, instead of providing the standard 1-year data products, the Census Bureau released experimental estimates from the 1-year data in 2020. This includes a limited number of data tables for the nation, states, and the District of Columbia. The Census Bureau states that the 2020 ACS 1-year experimental tables use an experimental estimation methodology and should not be compared with other ACS data. For these reasons, and because data is not available for Champaign County, no data for 2020 is included in this Indicator.

For interested data users, the 2020 ACS 1-Year Experimental data release includes a dataset on Educational Attainment for the Population 25 Years and Over.

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This table contains data on the percent of population age 25 and up with a four-year college degree or higher for California, its regions, counties, county subdivisions, cities, towns, and census tracts. Greater educational attainment has been associated with health-promoting behaviors including consumption of fruits and vegetables and other aspects of healthy eating, engaging in regular physical activity, and refraining from excessive consumption of alcohol and from smoking. Completion of formal education (e.g., high school) is a key pathway to employment and access to healthier and higher paying jobs that can provide food, housing, transportation, health insurance, and other basic necessities for a healthy life. Education is linked with social and psychological factors, including sense of control, social standing and social support. These factors can improve health through reducing stress, influencing health-related behaviors and providing practical and emotional support. More information on the data table and a data dictionary can be found in the Data and Resources section. The educational attainment table is part of a series of indicators in the Healthy Communities Data and Indicators Project (HCI) of the Office of Health Equity. The goal of HCI is to enhance public health by providing data, a standardized set of statistical measures, and tools that a broad array of sectors can use for planning healthy communities and evaluating the impact of plans, projects, policy, and environmental changes on community health. The creation of healthy social, economic, and physical environments that promote healthy behaviors and healthy outcomes requires coordination and collaboration across multiple sectors, including transportation, housing, education, agriculture and others. Statistical metrics, or indicators, are needed to help local, regional, and state public health and partner agencies assess community environments and plan for healthy communities that optimize public health. More information on HCI can be found here: https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/OHE/CDPH%20Document%20Library/Accessible%202%20CDPH_Healthy_Community_Indicators1pager5-16-12.pdf

The format of the educational attainment table is based on the standardized data format for all HCI indicators. As a result, this data table contains certain variables used in the HCI project (e.g., indicator ID, and indicator definition). Some of these variables may contain the same value for all observations.

Graph and download economic data for Bachelor's Degree or Higher (5-year estimate) in Santa Clara County, CA (HC01ESTVC1706085) from 2010 to 2023 about Santa Clara County, CA; San Jose; educational attainment; tertiary schooling; education; 5-year; CA; and USA.

This feature service contains data from the American Community Survey: 5-year Estimates Subject Tables for Gallatin County, MT. The attributes come from the Educational Attainment table (S1501). Processing Notes:Data was downloaded from the U.S. Census Bureau and imported into FME to create an AGOL Feature Service. Each attribute has been given an abbreviated alias name derived from the American Community Survey (ACS) categorical descriptions. The Data Dictionary below includes all given ACS attribute name aliases.For Example: PctPop_45to64_HS is equal to the percentage of the population ages 45 to 64 with the educational attainment of a high school degree or equivalentData DictionaryACS_EST_YR: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimate Subject Tables data yearGEO_ID: Census Bureau geographic identifierNAME: Specified geographyPctPop: Percent of the selected populationRace/Ethnicity:A: AsianAIAN: American Indian or Alaska NativeBAA: Black or African AmericanHL: Hispanic or LatinoNHPI: Native Hawaiian or other Pacific IslanderW: WhiteOther: Some other raceTwo: Two or more racesAge Group:18to24: Ages 18 to 24 years old25to34: Ages 25 to 34 years old35to44: Ages 35 to 44 years old45to64: Ages 45 to 64 years old65andover: Ages 65 and overEducational AttainmentBA: Bachelor's degree or higherHS: High school graduate (includes equivalency)Download ACS Educational Attainment data for Gallatin County, MT areaAdditional LinksU.S. Census BureauU.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS)About the American Community Survey

Source: U.S. Census Bureau; American Community Survey, 2019-2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table S1501; generated by CCRPC staff; using data.census.gov; https://data.census.gov/cedsci/; (7 February 2025).

Source: U.S. Census Bureau; American Community Survey, 2019-2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table S1501; generated by CCRPC staff; using data.census.gov; https://data.census.gov/cedsci/; (11 February 2025).

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