How educational attainment varies among evangelical Protestants
% of U.S. adults who have a bachelor’s degree or more education
* The survey included interviews with 118 members of the Global Methodist Church, with an effective sample size of 80 and a 95% confidence level margin of error plus or minus 10.9 percentage points. This margin of error conservatively assumes a reported percentage of 50.
Source: Religious Landscape Study of U.S. adults conducted July 17, 2023-March 4, 2024.
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How educational attainment varies among evangelical Protestants
% of U.S. adults who have a bachelor’s degree or more education
| other | College degree or more | |
|---|---|---|
| All U.S. adults | all | 35 |
| All evangelical Protestants | other groups | 29 |
| Global Methodist Church* | other groups | 57 |
| Presbyterian Church in America | other groups | 57 |
| Nondenominational evangelical | other groups | 44 |
| Interdenominational in the evangelical tradition | other groups | 42 |
| Nondenominational charismatic | other groups | 39 |
| Nondenominational fundamentalist | other groups | 36 |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | other groups | 35 |
| Churches of Christ | other groups | 25 |
| Southern Baptist Convention | other groups | 23 |
| Independent Baptist in the evangelical tradition | other groups | 20 |
| Assemblies of God | other groups | 18 |
* The survey included interviews with 118 members of the Global Methodist Church, with an effective sample size of 80 and a 95% confidence level margin of error plus or minus 10.9 percentage points. This margin of error conservatively assumes a reported percentage of 50.
Source: Religious Landscape Study of U.S. adults conducted July 17, 2023-March 4, 2024.
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