Educational Attainment

Educational Attainment:  DuPage adults in general have achieved higher levels of education than adults in other parts of the state with 45% of adults achieving a Bachelor’s degree or higher.  Even racial and ethnic minorities in DuPage are more educated than their counterparts elsewhere although there are significant disparities.  Hispanics, even in DuPage, lag substantially in educational achievement.  Because this is the fastest growing segment of our population, it will be important to our economy and workforce to improve the education levels of this population.  Strategies to address these disparities focus on pre-school and early success in school, high school success and graduation, and post-secondary education.