Berks County News

32 percent of people 25 years or older had an associate's degree or higher in Berks County in 2017, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

This number was 6.2 percent lower than the state average of 38.2 percent. In 2017 the total municipality population reached 415,500.

86 percent of the population had at least a high school diploma or the equivalent. The table below shows how many

Berks County residents who were at least 25 years old in 2017 held each of the listed degrees.

Degree	Number of people	Percentage of population
No degree	39,251	14
Regular high school diploma	93,093	33.2
GED or alternative credential	12,505	4.5
Some college less than 1 year	16,250	5.8
Some college 1 or more years no degree	29,369	10.5
Associate's degree	22,561	8.1
Bachelor's degree	43,700	15.6
Master's degree	17,930	6.4
Professional school degree	3,222	1.2
Doctorate degree	2,099	0.7

*All data is for residents who were at least 25 years old in 2017.