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Education
Persons over 25, a comparison of major U.S. cities; percentage completing:
| |
BA or Higher |
High School |
English Not
Spoken at Home |
| Seattle |
56.0 |
92.5 |
20.8 |
| San Francisco |
52.0 |
85.9 |
44.2 |
| Washington, DC |
48.5 |
87.1 |
12.6 |
| Boston |
44.7 |
85.5 |
33.6 |
| Denver |
40.3 |
84.3 |
25.6 |
| New York |
34.0 |
79.2 |
47.5 |
| Chicago |
33.1 |
80.3 |
34.3 |
| Los Angeles |
30.3 |
73.6 |
60.5 |
| Miami |
22.3 |
68.6 |
77.1 |
| Detroit |
12.4 |
77.0 |
11.3 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2009 American Community Survey
Major Universities and Colleges
| |
# of Students |
Internet Home Page |
| University of
Washington (public) |
46,653 |
www.washington.edu |
| Seattle University
(Jesuit) |
6,616 |
www.seattleu.edu |
Seattle Pacific
University (Wesleyan,
Evangelical Christian) |
4,000 |
www.spu.edu |
| Art Institute of
Seattle (design, media arts,
fashion, culinary) |
2,300 |
www.ais.edu |
| DigiPen Institute of Technology (production
animation; game design, interactive simulation,
computer engineering/science) |
883 |
www.digipen.edu |
| Cornish College
of the Arts |
800 |
www.cornish.edu |
| Seattle Community Colleges, four campuses |
50,000 |
www.seattlecolleges.com |
Enrollment figures for Fall 2008-2009. |
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