Educational distribution among 18-29 year olds by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among 18-29 year olds by educational group

% of 18-29 year olds who have completed…

Religious traditionHigh school or lessSome collegeCollegePost-graduate degreeSample size
Catholic47%36%14%4%884
Evangelical Protestant39%44%13%4%1,091
Historically Black Protestant45%44%8%3%298
Jewish34%28%27%12%104
Mainline Protestant40%41%14%5%586
Mormon33%44%16%7%114
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")43%39%14%4%2,002
Sample sizes and margins of error vary from subgroup to subgroup, from year to year and from state to state. You can see the sample size for the estimates in this chart on rollover or in the last column of the table. And visit this table to see approximate margins of error for a group of a given size. Readers should always bear in mind the approximate margin of error for the group they are examining when making comparisons with other groups or assessing the significance of trends over time. For full question wording, see the survey questionnaire.

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