Table 13. Highest Eduication by Age, Palau: 2012 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Highest Education | Total | 0 – 4 | 5 – 9 | 10 – 14 | 15 – 19 | 20 – 24 | 25 – 29 | 30 – 34 | 35 – 39 | 40 – 44 | 45 – 49 | 50 – 54 | 55 – 59 | 60 – 64 | 65 – 69 | 70 – 74 | 75+ | Median |
Total | 12,285 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 186 | 821 | 1,189 | 1,364 | 1,544 | 1,496 | 1,506 | 1,213 | 1,030 | 783 | 413 | 274 | 450 | 43.4 |
Less than 8th grade | 358 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 29 | 27 | 24 | 22 | 31 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 28 | 75 | |
8th Grade | 420 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 25 | 19 | 33 | 39 | 43 | 47 | 44 | 36 | 33 | 24 | 24 | 33 | 48.3 |
9th Grade | 286 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 21 | 18 | 19 | 24 | 24 | 20 | 14 | 23 | 43 | 27 | 26 | 52.5 |
10th Grade | 271 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 26 | 28 | 16 | 38 | 28 | 31 | 26 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 41.0 |
11th Grade | 207 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 18 | 26 | 33 | 12 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 41.6 |
12th Grade | 912 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 53 | 70 | 76 | 91 | 136 | 120 | 108 | 97 | 79 | 36 | 15 | 10 | 45.4 |
High School Graduate or GED | 4,056 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 326 | 429 | 441 | 522 | 563 | 557 | 448 | 318 | 217 | 93 | 48 | 40 | 42.3 |
Vocational Training | 578 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 26 | 25 | 41 | 48 | 41 | 41 | 30 | 32 | 35 | 45 | 198 | 63.3 |
Some college but no degree | 1,771 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 166 | 207 | 275 | 232 | 195 | 228 | 134 | 153 | 94 | 25 | 19 | 17 | 39.6 |
AA/AS degree (Occup Prog) | 1,111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 84 | 122 | 145 | 177 | 139 | 129 | 109 | 100 | 62 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 40.9 |
AA/AS degree (Educ Prog) | 627 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 81 | 103 | 100 | 63 | 66 | 59 | 46 | 37 | 20 | 4 | 14 | 39.8 |
Bachelor’s degree | 1,337 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 134 | 161 | 198 | 157 | 158 | 141 | 125 | 115 | 49 | 32 | 23 | 44.2 |
Master’s degree | 273 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 22 | 37 | 39 | 38 | 30 | 37 | 27 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 48.8 |
Professional school degree | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 50.5 |
Percent H.S. Grads | 80.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 46.8 | 81.1 | 85.3 | 86.3 | 85.0 | 81.2 | 81.6 | 80.1 | 79.4 | 75.6 | 66.1 | 63.5 | 67.1 | |
Percent college grads | 13.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.4 | 12.5 | 13.8 | 15.5 | 13.8 | 13.8 | 14.9 | 16.6 | 19.2 | 18.2 | 17.5 | 6.0 | |
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Males | 6,515 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 108 | 439 | 621 | 769 | 858 | 820 | 802 | 664 | 560 | 391 | 208 | 118 | 147 | 42.8 |
Less than 8th grade | 185 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 24 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 13 | |
8th Grade | 241 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 22 | 29 | 29 | 31 | 24 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 43.5 |
9th Grade | 136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 44.5 |
10th Grade | 153 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 25 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 38.7 |
11th Grade | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 37.7 |
12th Grade | 512 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 26 | 41 | 46 | 54 | 75 | 73 | 56 | 60 | 38 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 45.2 |
High School Graduate or GED | 2,379 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 202 | 248 | 270 | 330 | 342 | 327 | 264 | 175 | 110 | 46 | 23 | 12 | 41.6 |
Vocational Training | 307 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 20 | 29 | 39 | 28 | 29 | 24 | 17 | 20 | 17 | 53 | 51.1 |
Some college but no degree | 909 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 70 | 96 | 170 | 112 | 90 | 114 | 72 | 83 | 55 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 39.8 |
AA/AS degree (Occup Prog) | 514 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 43 | 83 | 83 | 73 | 54 | 44 | 44 | 33 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 41.0 |
AA/AS degree (Educ Prog) | 287 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 35 | 46 | 49 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 39.7 |
Bachelor’s degree | 598 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 51 | 55 | 84 | 59 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 65 | 24 | 17 | 17 | 47.5 |
Master’s degree | 135 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 50.1 |
Professional school degree | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 54.6 |
Percent H.S. Grads | 79.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 42.6 | 77.4 | 80.7 | 84.7 | 82.1 | 80.5 | 80.8 | 80.6 | 78.9 | 80.1 | 73.1 | 67.8 | 69.4 | |
Percent college grads | 11.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 9.3 | 8.1 | 11.8 | 10.7 | 12.2 | 14.8 | 16.3 | 20.7 | 20.7 | 21.2 | 13.6 | |
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Females | 5,770 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 78 | 382 | 568 | 595 | 686 | 676 | 704 | 549 | 470 | 392 | 205 | 156 | 303 | 44.2 |
Less than 8th grade | 173 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 22 | 62 | |
8th Grade | 179 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 22 | 55.9 |
9th Grade | 150 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 17 | 32 | 12 | 14 | 60.0 |
10th Grade | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 44.6 |
11th Grade | 93 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 45.8 |
12th Grade | 400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 27 | 29 | 30 | 37 | 61 | 47 | 52 | 37 | 41 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 45.6 |
High School Graduate or GED | 1,677 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 124 | 181 | 171 | 192 | 221 | 230 | 184 | 143 | 107 | 47 | 25 | 28 | 43.3 |
Vocational Training | 271 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 28 | 145 | 77.3 |
Some college but no degree | 862 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 96 | 111 | 105 | 120 | 105 | 114 | 62 | 70 | 39 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 39.3 |
AA/AS degree (Occup Prog) | 597 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 79 | 62 | 94 | 66 | 75 | 65 | 56 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 40.8 |
AA/AS degree (Educ Prog) | 340 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 46 | 57 | 51 | 35 | 39 | 31 | 21 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 39.8 |
Bachelor’s degree | 739 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 83 | 106 | 114 | 98 | 84 | 68 | 59 | 50 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 41.8 |
Master’s degree | 138 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 47.4 |
Professional school degree | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 46.8 |
Percent H.S. Grads | 80.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 52.6 | 85.3 | 90.3 | 88.4 | 88.6 | 82.1 | 82.5 | 79.6 | 80.0 | 71.2 | 59.0 | 60.3 | 66.0 | |
Percent college grads | 15.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.1 | 16.0 | 21.2 | 20.3 | 17.6 | 15.6 | 15.1 | 17.0 | 17.6 | 15.6 | 14.7 | 2.3 | |
Source: 2012 Palau Mini-Census | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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