Greater Philadelphia offers a wide range of public and private K-12 schools – traditional public schools, charter schools, religious schools, and independent private schools.

In fact, Greater Philadelphia has some of the top High Schools in the United States.

The region has over 100 colleges and universities.

• Greater Philadelphia granted more first professional degrees (MDs, MBAs, JDs, etc.) per 10,000 residents than any other large metro area in the U.S.
• Greater Philadelphia has the 2nd-highest award rate for bachelor’s degrees.

The region’s level of educational attainment continues to trend sharply upward and outpace the nation.

• In 2009, 34.8% of the region’s population aged 25 or older had a bachelor’s degree or higher, 6.9 percentage points higher than the U.S. level of 27.9%.
• 13.2% of residents 25 and older had an advanced degree in 2009; again well above the U.S. figure of 10.3%.