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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Education <br /> <br />The following table illustrates the education levels for New Brighton residents age 25 and over. As <br />indicated, approximately 93 percent of New Brighton's population has attained a high school diploma or <br />higher and nearly 41 percent have attained a college bachelor's degree or higher. For comparison <br />purposes, 87.6 percent of Ramsey County's population age 25 and over have attained a high school degree <br />and 34.3 percent have attained a bachelor's degree or higher. <br /> <br />Table 3 - 7 Education Levels <br /> <br />2000 EDUCATION LEVELS AGE 25 AND OVER <br /> <br />Level Attained <br /> <br />New Brighton <br /> <br />Percent <br /> <br />Ramsey County <br /> <br />Percent <br /> <br />> 9th Grade <br /> <br /> 362 <br /> <br /> 2.4% <br /> <br /> 16,531 <br /> <br /> 5.1% <br /> <br />9th to 12th Grades <br />(no diploma) <br /> <br /> <br /> 691 <br /> <br /> <br /> 4.7% <br /> <br /> <br /> 23,483 <br /> <br /> <br /> 7.3% <br /> <br />High School Graduate <br /> <br /> 3,269 <br /> <br /> 22.1% <br /> <br /> 81,763 <br /> <br /> 25.3% <br /> <br />Some College <br />(no degree) <br /> <br /> <br /> 3,398 <br /> <br /> <br /> 22.9% <br /> <br /> <br /> 70,054 <br /> <br /> <br /> 21.7 % <br /> <br />Associate Degree <br /> <br /> 1,073 <br /> <br /> 7.2% <br /> <br /> 20,411 <br /> <br /> 6.3% <br /> <br />Bachelors Degree <br /> <br /> 3,942 <br /> <br /> 26.6% <br /> <br /> 70,537 <br /> <br /> 21.8% <br /> <br />Graduate Degree <br /> <br /> 2,075 <br /> <br /> 14% <br /> <br /> 40,435 <br /> <br /> 12.5 % <br /> <br />Total over 25 <br /> <br /> 14,810 <br /> <br />100% <br /> <br /> 323,214 <br /> <br /> 100% <br /> <br />% High School <br />Graduate or higher <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 92.9% <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 87.6 % <br /> <br />% Bachelors Degree <br />or higher <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 40.6% <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 34.3 % <br /> <br />Source: U.S. Census, 2000 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />3-9