Educational distribution among adults who say religion is somewhat important by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who say religion is somewhat important by educational group

% of adults who say religion is somewhat important who have completed…

Religious denominationHigh school or lessSome collegeCollegePost-graduate degreeSample size
American Baptist Churches USA58%29%11%3%115
Churches of Christ43%42%9%5%105
Episcopal Church17%24%28%31%170
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)26%32%28%14%191
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)48%40%9%3%158
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod40%35%14%11%123
Nothing in particular (religion important)51%30%13%7%1,258
Presbyterian Church (USA)21%24%30%25%130
Southern Baptist Convention52%32%11%4%290
United Methodist Church29%35%21%16%479
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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