KDnuggets readers are quite well educated, with 32% having Ph.D. and 86% having at least MS or another graduate degree.
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The previous KDnuggets Poll asked:
What is your highest education level?
As expected, data miners and analytics professionals who read KDnuggets are quite well educated,
with 32% having Ph.D. and 86% having at least MS or another graduate degree.
Of the 259 respondents, 23% were students. The breakdown is in the table below.
What is your highest education level?
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| PhD in CS/Math/Stats (52) |
 20.1% |
| PhD in another field (30) |
11.6% |
| MBA (15) |
5.8% |
| MD/JD or other advanced graduate degree (7) |
2.7% |
| MA/MS (119) |
45.9% |
| BA/BS (28) |
10.8% |
| less than a BA (8) |
3.1% |
Regional breakdown shows that Middle East and AU/NZ have the highest percentage of PhDs.
Here are full results of
KDnuggets 2011 Poll: What is your highest education level?
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