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{"id":2398,"date":"2011-05-05T09:16:51","date_gmt":"2011-05-05T14:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.valdosta.edu\/library\/blog\/?p=2398"},"modified":"2011-05-05T09:16:51","modified_gmt":"2011-05-05T14:16:51","slug":"in-the-u-s-how-long-do-we-go-to-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/library\/2011\/05\/05\/in-the-u-s-how-long-do-we-go-to-school\/","title":{"rendered":"In the U.S., how long do we go to school?"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s finals week: does it seem as though school is lasting forever<\/em>?<\/p>\n

The U.S. Census Bureau<\/a> has released new data on educational attainment<\/a>, or “the highest level of education an individual has completed.”<\/p>\n

A recent press release on Educational Attainment in the United States, 2010<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0 indicates that more working<\/em> women, aged 25 and above, have completed at least the bachelor’s degree (37% to 35% of working men), whereas among all<\/em> adults 25 and older, 30.3% of men, in contrast to 29.6% of women, have completed the bachelor’s degree equivalent.<\/p>\n

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\"DataEducational Attainment Data–U.S. Census Bureau <\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n

Find out more about this and other Census data on educational attainment by age, race, or gender,\u00c2\u00a0 at tables available through Educational Attainment in the United States, 2010<\/a>. For assistance using these tables or finding other government information, don’t hesitate to contact VSU’s Government Information Librarian at 229.245.3748, or the Reference Department’s Ask Us text or chat service<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you’re graduating this weekend (or reaching any new level of educational attainment), CONGRATULATIONS!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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