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| Educational Attainment | ||||||
| Hazleton Area School District | Luzerne County | Hazleton / Wilkes-Barre / Scranton MSA |
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| Educational Attainment | Estimate | Percent | Estimate | Percent | Estimate | Percent |
| Population 25 years and over | 49,035 | 227,307 | 396,701 | |||
| Less than 9th grade | 2,901 | 5.9 | 6,727 | 3.0 | 10,979 | 2.7 |
| 9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 3,294 | 6.7 | 12,631 | 7.4 | 23,383 | 6.7 |
| High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
22,121 | 45.1 | 90,591 | 39.2 | 155,544 | 38.5 |
| Some college, no degree | 9,364 | 19.1 | 45,260 | 17.3 | 71,882 | 16.7 |
| Associate’s degree | 4,499 | 9.2 | 22,953 | 9.5 | 37,963 | 9.9 |
| Bachelor’s degree | 3,608 | 7.4 | 28,992 | 14.9 | 59,086 | 16.1 |
| Graduate or professional degree | 3,248 | 6.6 | 20,153 | 8.7 | 37,864 | 9.3 |
| Percent high school graduate or higher |
87.4 | (x) | 91.5 | (x) | 91.3 | (x) |
| Percent bachelor’s degree or higher |
14.0 | (x) | 21.6 | (x) | 24.4 | (x) |
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2019 American Community Survey | ||||||