Percent of population with a college degree, by country

Re:Percent of population with a college degree, by country by Maven911 on Sunday March 30, 2008 @07:55PM (#150519)

Note: College degree does not mean university degree. For US, university degree rate is like 28-33%. Canada's is lower then that.

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Re:Percent of population with a college degree, by country by breily on Sunday March 30, 2008 @08:00PM (#150524)

What would the difference be? I go to a university, but am getting a degree from a college within the university. I would think that means I'll have a college/university degree - I don't see how you can get one without the other.

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Re:Percent of population with a college degree, by country by pchivers on Sunday March 30, 2008 @08:27PM (#150542)

In Canada, a college degree (generally referred to as a "diploma") is a two year course, usually in an applied area such as graphic design or radio broadcasting. A university degree is a four year course in an academic area like philosophy or chemistry.

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Re:Percent of population with a college degree, by country by rms on Sunday March 30, 2008 @08:17PM (#150534)

Probably he means American associate/two year degrees. It gets even more confusing outside of the US, where "college" often means academic high school and university is the equivalent of 4 year American college.

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Re:Percent of population with a college degree, by country by vegai on Monday March 31, 2008 @05:50AM (#150906)

Does that figure include the mail-order universities?

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