Presbyterians Today - Go Figure - Trends in education

August 2012

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has long had a highly educated membership, but the educational gap between Presbyterians and the U.S. population has shrunk somewhat over time. The percentage of members 25 or older with a bachelor’s degree (66 percent) is still more than double that of the same age group of the U.S. population (30 percent)—down from nearly triple in the 1980s.