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Education Levels of Adults, 2018-22

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Education Levels of Adults, 2018-22

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What does this measure?

The number of residents with a particular level of education, expressed as a percentage of all residents 25 and older.

Why is this important?

An educated population makes a more attractive workforce and is better prepared to instruct the next generation of residents. High educational attainment represents a region's investment in human capital and preparation for long-term growth.

How is the region performing?

In 2018-22, 35% of adults in the Mid-Hudson Valley had attained a bachelor's degree or higher, lower than the state (excluding NYC) rate of 38% and similar to the national rate. The regional rate increased 5 percentage points from 2008-12 through 2018-22. Educational attainment among counties in the region was highest in Putnam County, with 43% of residents possessing a 4-year degree or higher, compared to 28% in Greene and Sullivan. Residents with less than a high school diploma decreased 3 percentage points from 2008-12 to 9% in 2018-22. The regional rate was similar to the state and lower than the nation's rate of 11%.

Local areas with a high share of residents that held a bachelor's degree or higher were the villages of Tuxedo Park (88%), New Paltz (72%), and Cold Springs (67%). Monticello Village in Sullivan County had the highest share of residents with less than a high school diploma (30%), followed by Coxsackie in Greene County (27%).

Notes about the data

The multiyear figures are from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey. The bureau combined five years of responses to the survey to provide estimates for smaller geographic areas and increase the precision of its estimates. However, because the information came from a survey, the samples responding to the survey were not always large enough to produce reliable results, especially in small geographic areas. CGR has noted on data tables the estimates with relatively large margins of error. Estimates with three asterisks have the largest margins, plus or minus 50% or more of the estimate. Two asterisks mean plus or minus 35%-50%, and one asterisk means plus or minus 20%-35%. For all estimates, the confidence level is 90%, meaning there is 90% probability the true value (if the whole population were surveyed) would be within the margin of error (or confidence interval). The survey provides data on characteristics of the population that used to be collected only during the decennial census. Data for this indicator are expected to be released in the fourth quarter.

Education Levels of Adults, 2018-22
Bachelor's degree or higherHigh school graduate, GED, or alternativeLess than high school diplomaSome college or associate's degree
Region35%28%9%28%
Columbia36%29%8%26%
Dutchess39%26%8%27%
Greene28%35%12%26%
Orange32%28%10%30%
Putnam43%25%7%25%
Sullivan28%31%13%28%
Ulster36%28%9%28%
NYS (excluding NYC)38%26%9%27%
U.S.34%26%11%28%
Columbia Cities
Hudson city, Columbia County34%34%15%*18%*
Columbia Towns
Ancram town, Columbia County38%33%*9%***19%*
Austerlitz town, Columbia County57%18%*2%***23%*
Canaan town, Columbia County49%21%*4%***27%*
Chatham town, Columbia County48%21%*3%***27%*
Claverack town, Columbia County31%*31%*6%***32%
Clermont town, Columbia County40%25%*7%**29%
Copake town, Columbia County35%40%10%***15%*
Gallatin town, Columbia County34%34%7%***25%*
Germantown town, Columbia County45%*17%*5%***32%*
Ghent town, Columbia County35%25%*10%**30%
Greenport town, Columbia County27%*36%12%**25%*
Hillsdale town, Columbia County44%27%**6%***22%*
Kinderhook town, Columbia County40%28%6%**26%
Livingston town, Columbia County31%*39%*11%**19%*
New Lebanon town, Columbia County32%*24%*5%***39%*
Stockport town, Columbia County22%*33%*10%**35%*
Stuyvesant town, Columbia County27%22%*4%***47%**
Taghkanic town, Columbia County43%27%*10%**19%*
Columbia Villages
Chatham village, Columbia County45%*24%**2%***29%*
Kinderhook village, Columbia County55%18%**2%***25%*
Philmont village, Columbia County30%**35%*4%***30%*
Valatie village, Columbia County28%*40%*10%***21%*
Dutchess Cities
Beacon city, Dutchess County45%23%9%*23%
Poughkeepsie city, Dutchess County33%30%12%26%
Dutchess Towns
Amenia town, Dutchess County26%*37%21%**17%*
Beekman town, Dutchess County34%27%14%25%
Clinton town, Dutchess County45%20%*11%***23%*
Dover town, Dutchess County25%34%12%*29%
East Fishkill town, Dutchess County45%23%5%*26%
Fishkill town, Dutchess County37%26%11%26%
Hyde Park town, Dutchess County33%32%9%*27%
La Grange town, Dutchess County45%22%5%*29%
Milan town, Dutchess County46%16%*7%**30%*
North East town, Dutchess County44%26%*7%**23%*
Pawling town, Dutchess County45%24%5%*26%
Pine Plains town, Dutchess County34%32%*9%**24%*
Pleasant Valley town, Dutchess County35%33%4%**28%
Poughkeepsie town, Dutchess County42%24%8%27%
Red Hook town, Dutchess County56%18%4%**23%
Rhinebeck town, Dutchess County50%19%6%**25%*
Stanford town, Dutchess County45%22%*6%***27%*
Union Vale town, Dutchess County45%21%*3%***31%*
Wappinger town, Dutchess County33%26%9%33%
Washington town, Dutchess County40%27%*4%***29%*
Dutchess Villages
Fishkill village, Dutchess County46%22%*10%***22%*
Millbrook village, Dutchess County39%*24%*3%***34%*
Millerton village, Dutchess County25%***23%*22%**30%*
Pawling village, Dutchess County37%*26%*10%***27%*
Red Hook village, Dutchess County60%*19%*3%***18%*
Rhinebeck village, Dutchess County48%16%*7%***28%*
Tivoli village, Dutchess County66%*11%**2%***20%**
Wappingers Falls village, Dutchess County19%*31%*17%*32%*
Greene Towns
Ashland town, Greene County32%**31%*5%***32%*
Athens town, Greene County36%*34%8%**23%
Cairo town, Greene County22%*42%8%**28%
Catskill town, Greene County27%38%9%*26%
Coxsackie town, Greene County23%*29%27%20%*
Durham town, Greene County28%*32%*10%***30%*
Greenville town, Greene County33%*31%*7%**29%*
Halcott town, Greene County61%**13%***5%***21%**
Hunter town, Greene County33%*33%*4%***31%*
Jewett town, Greene County32%*34%*8%***25%*
Lexington town, Greene County31%*32%**2%***35%*
New Baltimore town, Greene County26%*39%*9%***26%*
Prattsville town, Greene County15%**53%*11%***21%*
Windham town, Greene County33%22%*16%**30%*
Greene Villages
Athens village, Greene County40%*26%*6%***27%*
Catskill village, Greene County28%*37%*9%***25%*
Coxsackie village, Greene County35%*26%*14%**25%*
Hunter village, Greene County17%***46%***0%***37%**
Tannersville village, Greene County22%***49%**10%***19%***
Orange Cities
Middletown city, Orange County20%32%16%32%
Newburgh city, Orange County20%34%20%27%
Port Jervis city, Orange County15%*46%14%*25%
Orange Towns
Blooming Grove town, Orange County32%27%8%*33%
Chester town, Orange County38%25%*6%**32%
Cornwall town, Orange County50%18%5%**27%
Crawford town, Orange County29%31%5%**35%
Deerpark town, Orange County20%39%5%**35%
Goshen town, Orange County39%28%10%*23%
Greenville town, Orange County32%29%*4%***35%
Hamptonburgh town, Orange County40%24%5%***30%*
Highlands town, Orange County48%24%6%**22%
Minisink town, Orange County39%25%*6%***30%*
Monroe town, Orange County42%23%10%*25%
Montgomery town, Orange County29%29%9%*34%
Mount Hope town, Orange County26%24%*19%*32%
New Windsor town, Orange County35%26%11%*28%
Newburgh town, Orange County33%27%8%33%
Tuxedo town, Orange County52%16%*5%***28%*
Wallkill town, Orange County25%31%11%33%
Warwick town, Orange County40%27%6%*27%
Wawayanda town, Orange County41%26%5%**27%
Woodbury town, Orange County40%21%6%**33%
Orange Villages
Chester village, Orange County31%*27%*8%***34%*
Cornwall-on-Hudson village, Orange County57%13%*1%***29%*
Florida village, Orange County32%33%*5%***31%*
Goshen village, Orange County40%28%*8%**25%*
Greenwood Lake village, Orange County26%*30%**13%**30%*
Harriman village, Orange County31%*34%*7%***28%*
Highland Falls village, Orange County40%*29%*8%***23%*
Kiryas Joel village, Orange County6%**42%26%26%
Maybrook village, Orange County18%*36%*8%***37%*
Monroe village, Orange County41%23%*13%*24%*
Montgomery village, Orange County33%*24%*9%***35%*
Otisville village, Orange County27%*28%**6%***39%*
South Blooming Grove village, Orange County29%*27%*7%***37%*
Tuxedo Park village, Orange County88%*2%***2%***7%**
Unionville village, Orange County32%***30%***6%***32%**
Walden village, Orange County25%*31%*12%**32%*
Warwick village, Orange County43%28%*5%**23%*
Washingtonville village, Orange County33%29%10%**27%
Woodbury village, Orange County42%19%6%**34%
Putnam Towns
Carmel town, Putnam County40%26%7%*28%
Kent town, Putnam County42%30%7%*21%
Patterson town, Putnam County36%31%8%*25%
Philipstown town, Putnam County57%18%4%**21%
Putnam Valley town, Putnam County47%21%5%**27%
Southeast town, Putnam County43%24%9%*24%
Putnam Villages
Brewster village, Putnam County22%**33%*19%**26%*
Cold Spring village, Putnam County67%13%*3%***17%*
Nelsonville village, Putnam County58%*20%**1%***20%**
Sullivan Towns
Bethel town, Sullivan County29%*31%*9%**31%*
Callicoon town, Sullivan County38%*29%*10%***24%*
Cochecton town, Sullivan County37%*27%*4%***32%*
Delaware town, Sullivan County43%***22%**5%***30%**
Fallsburg town, Sullivan County24%26%20%30%
Forestburgh town, Sullivan County46%*26%*10%***18%*
Fremont town, Sullivan County33%*42%*1%***24%*
Highland town, Sullivan County28%*35%*10%***27%*
Liberty town, Sullivan County18%*43%14%*26%
Lumberland town, Sullivan County37%*27%*7%***30%*
Mamakating town, Sullivan County29%32%10%*30%
Neversink town, Sullivan County37%*26%*5%***32%*
Rockland town, Sullivan County28%*34%*9%***30%*
Thompson town, Sullivan County25%30%20%24%
Tusten town, Sullivan County33%*19%*14%***34%
Sullivan School Districts
Bloomingburg village, Sullivan County10%***39%***22%***29%***
Jeffersonville village, Sullivan County11%***42%***16%***30%***
Liberty village, Sullivan County14%**47%18%**22%*
Monticello village, Sullivan County18%*31%*30%*22%*
Woodridge village, Sullivan County37%**21%***6%***37%**
Wurtsboro village, Sullivan County37%*31%**7%***25%*
Ulster Cities
Kingston city, Ulster County28%31%12%29%
Ulster Towns
Denning town, Ulster County41%**29%***10%***21%**
Esopus town, Ulster County32%33%4%**31%*
Gardiner town, Ulster County22%*52%3%***23%**
Hardenburgh town, Ulster County37%***32%***2%***29%***
Hurley town, Ulster County48%22%3%***27%
Kingston town, Ulster County27%**31%*5%***36%**
Lloyd town, Ulster County42%25%4%**29%*
Marbletown town, Ulster County64%20%*2%***15%*
Marlborough town, Ulster County37%27%6%*30%
New Paltz town, Ulster County62%15%*3%***21%*
Olive town, Ulster County45%*26%*7%***21%*
Plattekill town, Ulster County22%*39%12%*27%
Rochester town, Ulster County41%22%*13%*24%*
Rosendale town, Ulster County40%21%*5%**34%*
Saugerties town, Ulster County32%28%8%*31%
Shandaken town, Ulster County48%14%**6%***32%*
Shawangunk town, Ulster County28%31%12%*29%
Ulster town, Ulster County28%33%11%*28%
Wawarsing town, Ulster County20%33%19%*28%
Woodstock town, Ulster County58%14%*4%***24%*
Ulster Villages
Ellenville village, Ulster County29%**27%*11%***33%*
New Paltz village, Ulster County72%*16%*1%***11%**
Saugerties village, Ulster County26%*24%*14%**36%*

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Notes: Adults are people 25 and older. Multiyear results are from rolling American Community Survey. * Margin of error between 20% & 35% of estimate; ** margin of error between 35% & 50%; *** margin of error greater than 50%.








Education Levels of Adults, 2008-12
Bachelor's degree or higherHigh school graduate, GED, or alternativeLess than high school diplomaSome college or associate's degree
Region30%29%12%29%
Columbia28%31%12%29%
Dutchess32%28%11%29%
Greene19%39%15%27%
Orange29%29%13%29%
Putnam39%27%7%27%
Sullivan21%33%16%31%
Ulster30%29%12%30%
NYS (excluding NYC)32%29%11%28%
U.S.28%28%14%29%
Columbia Cities
Hudson city, Columbia County20%*31%26%23%
Columbia Towns
Ancram town, Columbia County27%39%12%**22%*
Austerlitz town, Columbia County42%29%3%***26%*
Canaan town, Columbia County40%23%*5%***31%
Chatham town, Columbia County41%25%7%**27%*
Claverack town, Columbia County25%*32%14%*29%
Clermont town, Columbia County30%30%16%*24%
Copake town, Columbia County32%*28%*9%**31%*
Gallatin town, Columbia County31%27%11%*31%*
Germantown town, Columbia County28%*31%*9%**32%*
Ghent town, Columbia County27%*32%10%**31%*
Greenport town, Columbia County15%*38%18%*28%*
Hillsdale town, Columbia County44%21%*13%**23%*
Kinderhook town, Columbia County36%28%7%*30%
Livingston town, Columbia County14%*36%20%*31%*
New Lebanon town, Columbia County27%*34%*6%***32%*
Stockport town, Columbia County16%*39%13%**32%
Stuyvesant town, Columbia County26%*28%*8%**38%*
Taghkanic town, Columbia County28%*38%9%**26%*
Columbia Villages
Chatham village, Columbia County30%*37%8%**25%*
Kinderhook village, Columbia County49%21%*1%***29%*
Philmont village, Columbia County13%**39%*16%***32%*
Valatie village, Columbia County26%*32%*18%**25%*
Dutchess Cities
Beacon city, Dutchess County22%35%15%28%
Poughkeepsie city, Dutchess County23%26%23%28%
Dutchess Towns
Amenia town, Dutchess County17%*35%15%*33%*
Beekman town, Dutchess County31%34%11%25%
Clinton town, Dutchess County43%25%*5%***27%*
Dover town, Dutchess County11%*40%17%*32%
East Fishkill town, Dutchess County38%26%8%28%
Fishkill town, Dutchess County35%32%9%25%
Hyde Park town, Dutchess County31%28%10%31%
La Grange town, Dutchess County38%24%6%*32%
Milan town, Dutchess County39%21%*6%***33%*
North East town, Dutchess County28%*33%15%*24%*
Pawling town, Dutchess County40%27%7%*26%
Pine Plains town, Dutchess County23%*33%10%**35%
Pleasant Valley town, Dutchess County31%29%8%*31%
Poughkeepsie town, Dutchess County34%27%8%31%
Red Hook town, Dutchess County47%22%6%**25%
Rhinebeck town, Dutchess County46%22%9%*22%
Stanford town, Dutchess County32%*31%5%***32%*
Union Vale town, Dutchess County42%28%7%***24%*
Wappinger town, Dutchess County33%28%9%30%
Washington town, Dutchess County33%22%*13%*32%
Dutchess Villages
Fishkill village, Dutchess County40%*33%*8%***20%*
Millbrook village, Dutchess County38%21%*13%**28%*
Millerton village, Dutchess County25%**32%*21%**22%**
Pawling village, Dutchess County32%28%*12%***28%*
Red Hook village, Dutchess County36%23%*7%***34%*
Rhinebeck village, Dutchess County55%20%*7%**18%*
Tivoli village, Dutchess County41%*27%*4%***28%**
Wappingers Falls village, Dutchess County17%*41%*14%**28%*
Greene Towns
Ashland town, Greene County16%***49%*10%***25%**
Athens town, Greene County22%36%12%*31%
Cairo town, Greene County19%*42%15%*24%*
Catskill town, Greene County18%39%16%*27%
Coxsackie town, Greene County16%39%22%23%
Durham town, Greene County18%*42%15%*24%*
Greenville town, Greene County16%*41%9%***33%*
Halcott town, Greene County31%**38%**14%***16%***
Hunter town, Greene County28%*33%*12%**26%*
Jewett town, Greene County26%*27%*12%***35%*
Lexington town, Greene County25%*35%*13%***27%*
New Baltimore town, Greene County19%*42%7%**32%*
Prattsville town, Greene County11%***51%*17%***21%**
Windham town, Greene County26%*34%*11%**28%*
Greene Villages
Athens village, Greene County20%*34%16%*30%*
Catskill village, Greene County20%*31%*20%**29%*
Coxsackie village, Greene County18%*36%*16%*30%*
Hunter village, Greene County37%**28%**16%***19%**
Tannersville village, Greene County16%***30%**21%***33%**
Orange Cities
Middletown city, Orange County17%30%24%28%
Newburgh city, Orange County13%33%33%21%
Port Jervis city, Orange County16%*40%17%*27%
Orange Towns
Blooming Grove town, Orange County26%30%9%*35%
Chester town, Orange County36%23%5%**36%
Cornwall town, Orange County46%24%6%*23%
Crawford town, Orange County30%26%14%*30%
Deerpark town, Orange County16%*43%16%*25%
Goshen town, Orange County33%26%13%28%
Greenville town, Orange County29%*32%*8%**32%*
Hamptonburgh town, Orange County29%33%8%**30%
Highlands town, Orange County40%24%7%**29%
Minisink town, Orange County30%*32%7%***31%*
Monroe town, Orange County33%25%18%25%
Montgomery town, Orange County26%32%10%32%
Mount Hope town, Orange County23%34%11%*32%
New Windsor town, Orange County29%26%13%31%
Newburgh town, Orange County29%31%10%30%
Tuxedo town, Orange County53%17%*4%***26%*
Wallkill town, Orange County25%31%13%31%
Warwick town, Orange County35%26%7%32%
Wawayanda town, Orange County27%36%8%**28%
Woodbury town, Orange County46%20%4%**30%
Orange Villages
Chester village, Orange County32%*24%*9%**35%*
Cornwall-on-Hudson village, Orange County62%13%*3%***22%*
Florida village, Orange County33%34%5%***28%
Goshen village, Orange County39%20%*10%*31%
Greenwood Lake village, Orange County24%*35%*6%***35%*
Harriman village, Orange County31%*22%*9%**38%*
Highland Falls village, Orange County32%*27%*10%**31%
Kiryas Joel village, Orange County7%**39%40%15%*
Maybrook village, Orange County24%*32%13%*31%
Monroe village, Orange County42%17%*11%*31%
Montgomery village, Orange County32%*26%*4%***38%*
Otisville village, Orange County19%*31%*16%**34%*
South Blooming Grove village, Orange County25%*32%*8%**36%*
Tuxedo Park village, Orange County74%*10%***2%***14%**
Unionville village, Orange County11%***46%*9%***34%**
Walden village, Orange County21%*31%15%*33%
Warwick village, Orange County40%20%*9%**31%
Washingtonville village, Orange County18%*33%10%*39%
Woodbury village, Orange County47%21%4%***28%
Putnam Towns
Carmel town, Putnam County39%27%8%26%
Kent town, Putnam County33%31%6%*31%
Patterson town, Putnam County31%31%8%*30%
Philipstown town, Putnam County49%23%5%*23%
Putnam Valley town, Putnam County43%21%7%*29%
Southeast town, Putnam County40%25%9%*27%
Putnam Villages
Brewster village, Putnam County19%*23%*35%*22%*
Cold Spring village, Putnam County40%27%*4%***30%*
Nelsonville village, Putnam County35%*26%*17%***22%**
Sullivan Towns
Bethel town, Sullivan County21%*34%*13%*33%*
Callicoon town, Sullivan County24%*35%*15%**27%*
Cochecton town, Sullivan County20%*40%7%***33%*
Delaware town, Sullivan County22%*34%9%**35%*
Fallsburg town, Sullivan County18%32%22%27%
Forestburgh town, Sullivan County34%*27%*8%***31%*
Fremont town, Sullivan County23%*34%14%**29%*
Highland town, Sullivan County22%*31%*22%*25%*
Liberty town, Sullivan County18%30%21%31%
Lumberland town, Sullivan County22%*39%10%**29%*
Mamakating town, Sullivan County20%38%12%*30%
Neversink town, Sullivan County24%*34%8%**34%
Rockland town, Sullivan County22%*30%13%*35%*
Thompson town, Sullivan County20%33%15%32%
Tusten town, Sullivan County32%*29%14%**25%*
Sullivan School Districts
Bloomingburg village, Sullivan County10%***41%**11%***37%***
Jeffersonville village, Sullivan County30%***25%**16%***28%**
Liberty village, Sullivan County15%*28%*26%*31%*
Monticello village, Sullivan County13%*31%22%*35%
Woodridge village, Sullivan County18%**34%*20%**27%*
Wurtsboro village, Sullivan County20%**30%*15%**35%*
Ulster Cities
Kingston city, Ulster County21%32%16%31%
Ulster Towns
Denning town, Ulster County20%***39%*16%***25%**
Esopus town, Ulster County31%31%9%*29%
Gardiner town, Ulster County46%21%*3%***30%*
Hardenburgh town, Ulster County27%***47%**8%***18%***
Hurley town, Ulster County45%24%6%**24%
Kingston town, Ulster County23%**33%*12%***32%*
Lloyd town, Ulster County35%26%12%*28%
Marbletown town, Ulster County46%21%6%**27%
Marlborough town, Ulster County25%35%9%*31%
New Paltz town, Ulster County52%15%7%*26%
Olive town, Ulster County35%28%5%***32%*
Plattekill town, Ulster County19%36%18%*27%
Rochester town, Ulster County31%26%15%*28%
Rosendale town, Ulster County33%26%9%*32%
Saugerties town, Ulster County27%30%10%33%
Shandaken town, Ulster County29%*34%*10%**27%*
Shawangunk town, Ulster County19%41%10%*30%
Ulster town, Ulster County20%32%16%32%
Wawarsing town, Ulster County18%30%21%31%
Woodstock town, Ulster County55%12%*4%**29%
Ulster Villages
Ellenville village, Ulster County20%*29%*22%*29%*
New Paltz village, Ulster County59%9%**4%***28%*
Saugerties village, Ulster County25%*27%*13%*36%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Notes: Adults are people 25 and older. Multiyear results are from rolling American Community Survey. * Margin of error between 20% & 35% of estimate; ** margin of error between 35% & 50%; *** margin of error greater than 50%.




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