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Center city: Bachelor's Degree or Higher Trend

How Center city's bachelor's degree or higher changed from 2017 to 2023, based on U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates. The 2019 vintage reflects the pre-COVID peak; 2021 captures the immediate COVID-era disruption; 2022–2023 show the recovery.

2017
20.3%
2023
14.0%
Total change
-6.3 pp
% change
-31%
Year Bachelor's Degree or Higher Change
2017 20.3%
2019 19.4% -0.9 pp (-4.4%)
2020 15.0% -4.4 pp (-22.7%)
2021 11.9% -3.1 pp (-20.7%)
2022 12.8% +0.9 pp (7.6%)
2023 14.0% +1.2 pp (9.4%)

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