Transit riders by educational background 2008-2015

Published by Statista Research Department, Aug 30, 2023
The statistic illustrates the results of a survey among U.S. transit travelers from 2008 to 2015; the results were grouped by level of education. During that time period, more than half of the transit riders had a bachelor's degree.

Percentage of U.S. transit riders from 2008 to 2015, by level of education

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Release date

January 2017

Region

United States

Survey time period

2008 to 2015

Number of respondents

108,330 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Questionnaire

Supplementary notes

The report was prepared for the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) by CJI Research Corporation and uses data from 695,748 passenger questionnaires completed from 2008 to 2015, making it the most extensive public transit report in terms of demographics in the United States. The survey data includes a total of 211 reports on systems that carried a total of more than eight billion unlinked passenger trips. The majority of the surveys were paper-based with only one major survey in a large urban area conducted on a tablet and another major household survey conducted by telephone.

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