College graduates a minority in the U.S.

By Ashlee Lubniewski

College students often do not realize what an accomplishment they have achieved when they walk down the aisle to receive their diploma.

But graduating college with a bachelor's degree is something that isn't very common in the United States. It is something that students should be proud to say that they have accomplished.

So when sending your child off to college, remind them that when they walk down that aisle four years later to receive their diploma, they are receiving something that holds a lot of value.

After all, they are becoming part of a group that consists of barely a quarter of our nation.

While 84.4 percent of Tulsans and 80.6 percent of Oklahomans are high school graduates, the numbers drop drastically when looking at statistics for college graduates.

In Tulsa, only 28.3 percent of the population have a bachelor's degree or higher. In Oklahoma, it is only 20.3 percent of the population.

Tulsa has a population of 382,872. This means that only 108,352 people have their bachelor's degree.

With Oklahoma's population of 3,579,212, only 726,580 adults have a bachelor's degree.

In the coming years, we can only hope that this is a statistic where the numbers will be on the rise.

More information on Tulsa statistics can be found by clicking here.