College Completion Rates in Appalachia, 2008–2012

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College Completion Rates in Appalachia, 2008–2012

(County Rates)

A college completion rate is the percentage of persons ages 25 and over with a bachelor’s degree or more. The map uses natural breaks in the distribution to organize the data into groups of common values.

This map shows the college completion rate of persons ages 25 and over in each of the ARC counties. Appalachian college completion rates range from 5.5% to 49.9%. The Appalachian average is 21.3%. The U.S. average is 28.5%. For a list of county data by state, see the downloadable Excel file.

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Excel file of supporting data for the map (110 KB)