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Tables

  • Table 11  Educational attainment, 2007
  • Table 12  University degrees granted

Tables

Table 11  Educational attainment, 2007
  Both sexes Males Females
  number
Population aged 15 and older 26,553,400 13,065,400 13,488,000
  %
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0
0 to 8 years 7.6 7.2 8.0
Some high school 14.6 15.3 13.9
High-school graduate 19.7 19.3 20.1
Some postsecondary 8.1 8.2 8.1
Postsecondary certificate or diploma 30.5 30.4 30.6
University degree 19.4 19.6 19.3

Table 12  University degrees granted
  1995 2000 20051
  number
Bachelor's and other undergraduate degree2 127,332 128,568 151,944
Males 53,550 52,056 58,614
Females 73,779 76,512 93,321
Master's degree 21,357 24,228 32,991
Males 10,596 11,391 15,915
Females 10,761 12,837 17,076
Earned doctorate 3,717 3,861 4,200
Males 2,550 2,277 2,352
Females 1,164 1,584 1,848