Sentences with phrase «percentage of advanced degrees»

Private school students were also more likely to earn an advanced degree, with boarding school students coming in with the highest percentage of advanced degrees earned.

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Their peers» average test scores are about 0.15 standard deviations higher, and the new schools have higher - quality teachers, measured in terms of the fraction of teachers with less than three years» experience, the fraction that are new to the school that year, the percentage of teachers with an advanced degree, and the share of teachers who attended a «highly competitive» college as defined by the Barron's rankings.

The percentage of teachers with a master's degree or higher more than doubled during this period, with the typical teacher now having an advanced degree.

Compared to their nonunion counterparts, members of teachers» unions are 16 percentage points more likely to have advanced degrees — which increase the quality and skills of the employee.

And even if their publishing resume is short, most young people who enter the field today come in extremely well educated — a large percentage have advanced degrees in business or creative writing, and some have a law degree on top of that — so they have a head start.

Nearly every recognized breed of dog has been through the school, from pure bred champions to All American Dogs of mixed breed, and a percentage of those graduating from the novice course have continued into advanced work, eventually earning AKC (American Kennel Club) degrees.