The 2000 census data suggests that the Iranian
ancestral group have educational attainments that greatly surpass the national
average:
Bachelor Degree or Higher: 57.2% versus 24.4% nationally
Graduate Degree or Higher: 27% makes the Iranian Americans the most
highly educated ethnic group in the U.S.
Percentage-wise, Iranian Americans hold five times the number of doctorates
than the national average.
Also:
The per capita average income for Iranian-Americans is 50% higher than that
of the nation.
Iranian-American family average income is 38% higher than national average.
26.2% of Iranian-Americans make over $100,000 compared to 12% nationally.
The average value of an Iranian-American home is 2.5 times that of the
average home in the U.S.
The percentage of Iranian-Americans living in homes valued more than $1
million is nearly 10 times that of the national average; 20.8% live in houses
valued at over $5 Million compared to only 3% for the U.S. population.
Based on MIT Iranian Studies Group Research (for
more information please visit their website: http://web.mit.edu/isg)
