The Chronicle of Higher Education released a nifty interactive map which shows the percent of those 25-and-older with at least a bachelor?s degree in each county across the United States. This remarkable tool, which relies heavily on Census Bureau data, not only allows one to break college attainment figures down by gender and race (Asian, black, Hispanic, white) in each county, but also lets one compare these statistics decade to decade.
The good news is 44.4 percent of all residents 25-and-older in Dane County now have at least a bachelor?s degree. That?s the highest percentage of any county in the state and ranks among the national leaders.
Quoted: Sara Goldrick-Rab, assistant professor of educational policy studies and sociology at UW-Madison.