According to US 2000 Census, 1,754,331 of population over 25 years of age have a doctoral degree (PhD, EdD, etc). This is under one percent of population (0.96) in this age group.
Including people with professional degrees who are normally referred to with Dr title like physicians, dentists, etc (MD, DDS, etc) 5,373,866 (2.95%) of US population over 25 carry doctor title.
According to the US Census 2000, 2% of the population have Professional Degrees (MD, DDS, DVM, JD etc) and 1% have research based doctoral degrees (PhD, EdD etc).
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73% of those who hold a Doctorate are Caucasian.
U.S. academic institutions awarded 48,802 research doctorate degrees in 2008.
less than 10 percent
According to fedstats.gov, the percentage of the US population that was reported as Hispanic or Latino Origin is 14.8%.
Roughly 2% of the US population.
76.3%
Americans have access to higher education degrees through college scholarships, federal grants, and employment sponsored programs. About one percent of Americans hold a Juris doctorate.
less than 10 percent
15.129% of the US army Genrals have a PhD
It is slightly over 1% of the US population that holds a PhD. When you include all doctorates and professional degrees, it is 3% of the US population.
According to fedstats.gov, the percentage of the US population that was reported as Hispanic or Latino Origin is 14.8%.
Aprox 5/7% have masters Aprox 27% have Bachelors Aprox .9% have Phd
Roughly 2% of the US population.
20%
2%
76.3%
1.22% of the total US population lives in Oregon.
Americans have access to higher education degrees through college scholarships, federal grants, and employment sponsored programs. About one percent of Americans hold a Juris doctorate.
4.06% of the total US population lives in Pennsylvania.