Educational distribution among Mainline Protestants by generational group (2014) Switch to: Generational cohort among Mainline Protestants by educational group

% of Mainline Protestants who have completed…

Generational cohortHigh school or lessSome collegeCollegePost-graduate degreeSample size
Younger Millennial47%42%10%1%371
Older Millennial27%35%25%13%438
Generation X30%31%23%16%1,042
Baby Boomer37%28%20%15%2,430
Silent43%26%17%14%1,473
Greatest48%27%15%10%175
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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