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Education data covers the population aged 25 years or older, indicating the highest level of
<br />education achieved. Inequitable access to postsecondary education is a persistent problem. One
<br />way in which this manifests is
<br />through widely varying
<br />educational attainment across
<br />race and ethnicity. California’s
<br />Post-secondary to Prosperity
<br />Dashboard shows only 16% of
<br />Latinx residents hold a four-year
<br />degree. The dashboard also
<br />shows that most Latinx
<br />residents have no college
<br />experience (59%), greater than
<br />all other groups.19
<br />The most popular majors in
<br />Orange County are Liberal Arts and Sciences (21,289 and 25%), Business Administration and
<br />Management (8,251 and 10%), and General Psychology (8,251 and 3%).
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<br />Orange County Regional Institutions Program Completions 20
<br />CIP Code Program
<br />Completions
<br />(2015)
<br />Completions
<br />(2016)
<br />Completions
<br />(2017)
<br />Completions
<br />(2018)
<br />Completions
<br />(2019)
<br />24.0101
<br />Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal
<br />Studies 9,762 10,444 11,289 11,990 21,289
<br />52.0201
<br />Business Administration and
<br />Management, General 7,093 7,993 7,914 7,758 8,251
<br />42.0101 Psychology, General 2,145 2,208 2,138 2,462 2,637
<br />30.0101 Biological and Physical Sciences 1,045 1,210 1,134 1,440 1,918
<br />51.3801
<br />Registered Nursing/Registered
<br />Nurse 1,366 1,523 1,731 1,655 1,844
<br />9.0101
<br />Speech Communication and
<br />Rhetoric 1,325 1,401 1,541 1,524 1,601
<br />45.1101 Sociology 1,041 1,025 1,141 1,286 1,281
<br />11.0701 Computer Science 592 840 929 1,132 1,274
<br />26.0101
<br />Biology/Biological Sciences,
<br />General 1,101 1,056 1,015 1,083 1,200
<br />12.041
<br />Nail Technician/Specialist and
<br />Manicurist 865 1,195 1,230 870 1,163
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<br />Employer need in the Orange County region is based on job posting and employment data
<br />analysis, and educational
<br />programs’ completions. Per
<br />the two-digit Standard
<br />Occupational Classification
<br />(SOC) code group, there are
<br />twenty-four occupations
<br />19 “P2P Regions.” California Competes, californiacompetes.org/p2p/regions?region=orange.
<br />20 EMSI Labor Market Analytics, 2021, www.economicmodeling.com.
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<br /> 100,000
<br /> 200,000
<br /> 300,000
<br /> 400,000
<br /> 500,000
<br /> 600,000
<br />Hispanic Asian White Other Black
<br />2015 Educational Attainment by Race/Ethnicity
<br />Less Than High School High School Diploma College Degree
<br />Source: EMSI, Labor Market Analytics, 2021, Hispanic group contains all combined races
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