THE JUMP DEGREES AWARDED BY CINCINNATI AREA SCHOOLS Degrees and certificates awarded in the 2018-19 school year, including Associate’s, Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral degrees. Source: IPEDS (National Center for Education Statistics)
University of Cincinnati (Main Campus) Miami University (Main Campus) Gateway Community and Technical College Northern Kentucky University Xavier University Cincinnati State Technical and Community College University of Cincinnati (Blue Ash) University of Cincinnati (Clermont) Mount St. Joseph University
BACHELOR’S DEGREE AND HIGHER BY RACE/ETHNICITY
12,000
10,000
8,000
6,000
Statistics provided by the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber’s Center for Research & Data.
4,000
2,000
Union Institute & University
0
It’s back to school time across the 16-county Cincinnati region, and most colleges and universities have welcomed students back in person. The University of Cincinnati remains the region’s dominant school, enrolling more students and conferring more degrees than the second and third largest colleges combined. There are almost as many UC grads working in this region as those who attended NKU, Miami, and Xavier combined.
WHICH COLLEGES PRODUCE THE MOST LOCAL WORKERS
Of all adults age 25 or older in the Cincinnati region, 35.4% have attained a Bachelor’s or higher degree. Here is the percentage of adults within specific race and ethnic groups with those degrees, both in this region and across the U.S.
These are the top colleges that adult workers across the Cincinnati region graduated from or attended. Source: Emsi data for 2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau estimates for 2019
11.85%
CINCINNATI
U.S. TOTAL
NON-HISPANIC WHITE
36.9%
36.9%
BLACK
20.5%
22.5%
ASIAN
88.3%
87.8%
4.48%
4.44%
HISPANIC OR LATINO
26.4%
17.6%
NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
MIAMI UNIVERSITY (MAIN CAMPUS)
3.08%
2.49%
XAVIER UNIVERSITY
CINCINNATI STATE TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE
WHERE CINCINNATI GRADUATES LIVE There are currently 510,441 graduates of Cincinnati area colleges living in the U.S. Here are the top 10 metro areas where they are. Source: Emsi data for 2020
COLUMBUS 4.49% CHICAGO 3.91% CLEVELAND 3.29% DAYTON 2.37% NEW YORK 2.34% LOS ANGELES 1.45% ATLANTA 1.42% WASHINGTON, DC 1.37% SAN FRANCISCO 1.26% INDIANAPOLIS 1.16%
8 REALM FALL 2021
CINCINNATI 46.19%
ALL OTHERS
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MOUNT ST. JOSEPH UNIVERSITY THOMAS MORE UNIVERSITY SINCLAIR COMMUNITY COLLEGE EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX
1.69% 1.30% 1.00% 0.95% 0.88% 0.86% 0.66% 0.63% 0.57% 0.56%
