Enum: EducationalAttainmentEnum

Levels of educational attainment for survey and demographic purposes. Based on standard US educational categories.

URI: valuesets:EducationalAttainmentEnum

Permissible Values

Value	Meaning	Description
EIGHTH_GRADE_OR_LESS	None	Completed 8th grade or less
HIGH_SCHOOL_NO_DIPLOMA	NCIT:C76123	Some high school but no diploma
HIGH_SCHOOL_GRADUATE_GED	NCIT:C67136	High school graduate or GED equivalent
SOME_COLLEGE_NO_DEGREE	None	Some college or technical school but no degree
ASSOCIATE_DEGREE	NCIT:C71344	Associate degree (2-year college)
BACHELORS_DEGREE	NCIT:C71345	Bachelor's degree (4-year college)
MASTERS_DEGREE	NCIT:C39452	Master's degree
DOCTORAL_DEGREE	NCIT:C39387	Doctoral or professional degree (PhD, MD, JD, etc

Slots

Name	Description
educational_attainment	Highest level of education attained

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

from schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets

LinkML Source

name: EducationalAttainmentEnum
instantiates:
- valuesets_meta:ValueSetEnumDefinition
description: Levels of educational attainment for survey and demographic purposes.
  Based on standard US educational categories.
title: Educational Attainment Levels
from_schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets
contributors:
- orcid:0000-0002-6601-2165
- https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code
status: DRAFT
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  EIGHTH_GRADE_OR_LESS:
    text: EIGHTH_GRADE_OR_LESS
    description: Completed 8th grade or less
    aliases:
    - 8TH_GRADE_OR_LESS
    - elementary
  HIGH_SCHOOL_NO_DIPLOMA:
    text: HIGH_SCHOOL_NO_DIPLOMA
    description: Some high school but no diploma
    meaning: NCIT:C76123
    aliases:
    - some high school
    - Not High School Graduate
  HIGH_SCHOOL_GRADUATE_GED:
    text: HIGH_SCHOOL_GRADUATE_GED
    description: High school graduate or GED equivalent
    meaning: NCIT:C67136
    aliases:
    - high school diploma
    - GED
    - High School Completion
  SOME_COLLEGE_NO_DEGREE:
    text: SOME_COLLEGE_NO_DEGREE
    description: Some college or technical school but no degree
    aliases:
    - SOME_COLLEGE_OR_TECH_NO_DEGREE
  ASSOCIATE_DEGREE:
    text: ASSOCIATE_DEGREE
    description: Associate degree (2-year college)
    meaning: NCIT:C71344
    aliases:
    - Associate of Science
  BACHELORS_DEGREE:
    text: BACHELORS_DEGREE
    description: Bachelor's degree (4-year college)
    meaning: NCIT:C71345
    aliases:
    - COLLEGE_OR_TECH_WITH_DEGREE
    - Bachelor of Arts
  MASTERS_DEGREE:
    text: MASTERS_DEGREE
    description: Master's degree
    meaning: NCIT:C39452
    aliases:
    - Master of Science
  DOCTORAL_DEGREE:
    text: DOCTORAL_DEGREE
    description: Doctoral or professional degree (PhD, MD, JD, etc.)
    meaning: NCIT:C39387
    aliases:
    - MASTERS_OR_DOCTORAL_DEGREE
    - Doctor of Philosophy