Education

Earned Degrees (2004) Associate degree holders — 665,000. Bachelor's degree graduates — 1.4 million. Master's degree graduates — 559,000. Doctoral degree graduates — 48,000.

School Expenditures (2006) Elementary and secondary — $361.1 billion. Colleges and universities — $237.8 billion. High School Graduates — 85% (% of persons age 25, 2004).

Enrollment (2004) 72.2 million. Nursery school or kindergarten — 4,672,000. Elementary— 36,500,000. Secondary — 14,700,000. Colleges and universities — 17,400,000.

High School Graduates (2004) 85% (% of Persons Age 25+). Adult Education (2005) — 211,607.

Public and Private School Enrollment (2006) Public — 60.8 million. Private —11.4 million.

Percentage of Schools with Internet Access (2006) — 98%

Percentage of Recent Secondary School Graduates Enrolled in College (2006): 62.9%

Foreign Student Enrollment in Colleges and Universities in the United States (2005) From Africa — 36,000. From Asia — 356,000. From Europe — 72,000. From Latin America — 68,000. From North America — 29,000. From Oceania — 4,000.

Children Who Speak a Language Other Than English at Home (2004) 10.0 Million.

Did you know?
Oldest public school still in existence is Boston Public Latin School, established on February 13, 1635.