American vs African Professional Degree

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 570,969,920 people shows a weak negative correlation between the proportion of Americans and percentage of population with at least professional degree education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.287 and weighted average of 3.6%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 467,688,066 people shows no correlation between the proportion of Africans and percentage of population with at least professional degree education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.032 and weighted average of 3.7%, a difference of 3.0%.

In terms of professional degree, the demographic groups most similar to Americans are Immigrants from Jamaica (3.6%, a difference of 0.060%), Belizean (3.6%, a difference of 0.090%), Potawatomi (3.6%, a difference of 0.13%), Immigrants from Dominica (3.6%, a difference of 0.35%), and Liberian (3.6%, a difference of 0.40%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Africans are Indonesian (3.7%, a difference of 0.010%), Immigrants from Guyana (3.7%, a difference of 0.19%), U.S. Virgin Islander (3.7%, a difference of 0.20%), Immigrants from St. Vincent and the Grenadines (3.7%, a difference of 0.22%), and Bahamian (3.7%, a difference of 0.30%).