Re: paleonet Non-paleo question: Percent of global population with college degree/experience?
At 06:13 AM 1/18/2006, you wrote:
From: http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind04/c2/c2s5.htm
In 2000, more than 7.4 million students worldwide earned a first university degree, [18] and about 2.8 million of the degrees were in S&E fields: more than 1 million in engineering, almost 850,000 in social and behavioral sciences, and almost 1 million in mathematics and natural, agricultural, and computer sciences combined ( appendix table 2-33
). These worldwide totals only include countries for which data are
readily available (primarily the Asian, European, and American regions)
and are therefore an underestimation. Asian universities accounted for
almost 1.2 million of the world's S&E degrees in 2000, with almost
480,000 degrees in engineering
(figure
2-33
). Students across Europe (including Eastern Europe and Russia)
earned more than 830,000 S&E degrees, and students in North America
earned more than 500,000.
Although the United States has historically been a world leader in offering broad access to higher education, many other countries now provide comparable access. The ratio of bachelor's degrees earned in the United States to the population of the college-age cohort remained relatively high at 33.8 per 100 in 2000 ( appendix table 2-33
). However, nine other countries also provided a college education to
at least one-third of their college-age population.
Hello all. I've been trying to track down estimates for the above percentage with little success. Would anyone out there have an informed estimate? By the way, 2002 USA census data indicate 83% of USA citizens have a high-school diploma and 32% have a college degree, up 3% and 12%, respectively, from 1993. Any links or references on the global percentages would be greatly appreciated. Cheers, s!
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Stephen A. Schellenberg
Department of Geological Sciences
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, CA 92182-1020
From: http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind04/c2/c2s5.htm
In 2000, more than 7.4 million students worldwide earned a first university degree, [18] and about 2.8 million of the degrees were in S&E fields: more than 1 million in engineering, almost 850,000 in social and behavioral sciences, and almost 1 million in mathematics and natural, agricultural, and computer sciences combined ( appendix table 2-33
). These worldwide totals only include countries for which data are
readily available (primarily the Asian, European, and American regions)
and are therefore an underestimation. Asian universities accounted for
almost 1.2 million of the world's S&E degrees in 2000, with almost
480,000 degrees in engineering
(figure
2-33
). Students across Europe (including Eastern Europe and Russia)
earned more than 830,000 S&E degrees, and students in North America
earned more than 500,000. Although the United States has historically been a world leader in offering broad access to higher education, many other countries now provide comparable access. The ratio of bachelor's degrees earned in the United States to the population of the college-age cohort remained relatively high at 33.8 per 100 in 2000 ( appendix table 2-33
). However, nine other countries also provided a college education to
at least one-third of their college-age population.