Adult Educational Attainment

Adult Educational Attainment is the percentage of the population 25 years and older that have a high school diploma or its equivalent. Higher percentages are better than lower percentages. Adult educational attainment was calculated using data from American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates.

Educational attainment is related to employment, income, and some health behaviors. These characteristics are linked to increased physical and mental health. The death rates are lower for adults with higher educational attainment. Individuals who have high levels of education are more likely to rate their health as very good or excellent. Educational attainment has also been shown to have a multi‐generational impact. For example, children of mothers who have a college degree tend to have better health compared to children of mothers who didn’t finish high school. Adult Educational Attainment is included in the Educational Opportunities domain.

Neighborhoodsort descending Indicator Value Rank
Armatage 97.6% 17
Audubon Park 89.3% 46
Bancroft 90.3% 45
Beltrami 84.7% 55
Bottineau 81.0% 67
Bryant 76.9% 73
Bryn - Mawr 98.7% 5
Calhoun Area Residents Action Group (CARAG) 97.8% 16
Camden Industrial 0.0% 86
Cedar - Isles - Dean 98.9% 3
Cedar Riverside 67.0% 80
Central 70.1% 79
Cleveland 92.3% 37
Columbia Park 90.5% 44
Como 95.5% 26
Cooper 97.2% 19
Corcoran 84.7% 55
Diamond Lake 90.8% 42
Downtown East 84.5% 59
Downtown West 86.7% 51
East Calhoun (ECCO) 94.4% 30
East Harriet 98.3% 12
East Isles 98.4% 10
East Phillips 61.1% 84
Elliot Park 83.1% 63
Ericsson 96.0% 22
Field 92.7% 35
Folwell 80.5% 68
Fulton 97.9% 14
Hale 98.4% 10
Harrison 77.0% 72
Hawthorne 73.0% 77
Hiawatha 94.2% 31
Holland 74.6% 76
Howe 92.2% 38
Humboldt Industrial Area 0.0% 86
Jordan 76.8% 74
Keewaydin 90.9% 40
Kenny 98.7% 5
Kenwood 98.9% 3
King Field 95.8% 23
Lind - Bohanon 87.4% 50
Linden Hills 98.7% 5
Logan Park 79.5% 71
Longfellow 88.6% 49
Loring Park 95.0% 28
Lowry Hill 100.0% 1
Lowry Hill East 95.0% 28
Lyndale 75.7% 75
Lynnhurst 98.7% 5
Marcy Holmes 95.7% 25
Marshall Terrace 93.0% 32
McKinley 82.2% 64
Mid - City Industrial 95.5% 26
Midtown Phillips 65.1% 83
Minnehaha 97.4% 18
Morris Park 95.8% 23
Near - North 72.7% 78
Nicollet Island - East Bank 98.7% 5
North Loop 96.4% 21
Northeast Park 84.7% 55
Northrop 97.9% 14
Page 99.6% 2
Phillips West 65.7% 82
Powderhorn Park 81.9% 65
Prospect Park - East River Road 88.9% 48
Regina 84.6% 58
Seward 85.4% 54
Sheridan 84.2% 60
Shingle Creek 79.8% 69
St. Anthony East 86.2% 53
St. Anthony West 93.0% 32
Standish 92.1% 39
Steven's Square - Loring Heights 89.1% 47
Sumner - Glenwood (Heritage Park) 59.8% 85
Tangletown 97.0% 20
University of Minnesota 81.8% 66
Ventura Village 66.6% 81
Victory 90.8% 42
Waite Park 92.9% 34
Webber - Camden 79.7% 70
Wenonah 86.5% 52
West Calhoun 98.2% 13
Whittier 83.5% 62
Willard - Hay 83.8% 61
Windom 90.9% 40
Windom Park 92.5% 36

Key Citations:
1. Backlund E, Sorlie PD, Johnson NJ. A comparison of the relationships of education and income with mortality: the National Longitudinal Mortality Study. Soc Sci Med. 1999;49(10):1373-84.

2. Pappas G, Queen S, Hadden W, Fisher G. 1993. The increasing disparity in mortality between socioeconomic groups in the US, 1960 and 1986. New England Journal of Medicine; 329:103‐109.

3. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (2011). Education Matters for Health. Accessed December 13, 2012. Available here

4. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2011. Education pays: Unemployment and median weekly earnings by education level. US. Dept. of Labor. More information: here