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Levels of education for Alaska residents, ages 25-34

bargraph of education attainment rates for Alaska

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000

Alaska education attainment by county, ages 25-34

A focus on "some college, no degree" can improve state college attainment rates. More: Alaska PDF

County	Percent w/college degree	Number w/college degree	Total population (ages 25-34)	< 9th grade	9th-12th grade, no diploma	High school grad/GED	Some college, no degree	Associate's degree	Bachelor's degree	Graduate degree
TOTAL	28.6%	25,539	89,209	1,158	6,769	27,406	28,337	6,527	15,000	4,012
Sitka Borough	45.4%	501	1,104	0	61	216	326	136	278	87
Juneau Borough	39.7%	1,742	4,393	47	227	1,034	1,343	343	1,068	331
Haines Borough	38.6%	95	246	0	26	73	52	17	69	9
Denali Borough	36.0%	94	261	4	14	48	101	12	73	9
Valdez-Cordova Census Area	31.5%	359	1,138	6	73	339	361	101	228	30
Anchorage Borough	31.5%	12,615	39,992	544	2,830	10,542	13,461	3,135	7,528	1,952
Ketchikan Gateway Borough	29.3%	485	1,655	6	163	518	483	109	314	62
Fairbanks North Star Borough	29.3%	3,978	13,576	58	660	3,603	5,277	1,091	2,143	744
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area	27.1%	197	726	14	41	278	196	76	110	11
Dillingham Census Area	25.8%	152	590	2	67	255	114	38	77	37
Kenai Peninsula Borough	25.6%	1,462	5,718	88	434	1,942	1,792	393	871	198
Bristol Bay Borough	24.6%	31	126	0	3	40	52	9	16	6
Matanuska-Susitna Borough	23.8%	1,604	6,739	100	646	2,334	2,055	607	773	224
Skagway-Yakutat-Angoon Census Area	23.4%	94	401	9	19	129	150	17	69	8
Kodiak Island Borough	22.6%	457	2,020	67	171	692	633	153	252	52
Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area	21.9%	168	768	2	69	304	225	41	113	14
Yakutat City and Borough	21.1%	15	71	0	11	25	20	5	6	4
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	18.9%	133	702	7	58	393	111	10	105	18
North Slope Borough	18.3%	183	1,000	26	142	409	240	33	114	36
Lake and Peninsula Borough	18.1%	33	182	2	21	104	22	7	17	9
Bethel Census Area	17.0%	354	2,078	23	232	1,133	336	83	224	47
Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area	16.8%	122	727	4	85	362	154	12	87	23
Nome Census Area	16.2%	199	1,232	39	132	628	234	25	130	44
Aleutians West Census Area	15.5%	199	1,286	55	161	637	234	28	155	16
Northwest Arctic Borough	11.9%	121	1,017	11	164	555	166	20	73	28
Wade Hampton Census Area	11.1%	106	957	13	146	535	157	22	79	5
Aleutians East Borough	7.9%	40	504	31	113	278	42	4	28	8

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