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===Higher education=== [[Arab Christians]] are one of the most educated groups in Israel.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303849604579278722657163880 |title= Christians in Israel: A minority within a minority |newspaper=WSJ |access-date=4 May 2009 |last1= Schwartz |first1= Adi }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303849604579278722657163880 |title= Israel's Christian Awakening |newspaper=WSJ |access-date=27 December 2013 |last1= Schwartz |first1= Adi }}</ref> Statistically, Arab Christians in Israel have the highest rates of [[educational attainment]] among all religious communities, according to a data by [[Israel Central Bureau of Statistics]] in 2010, 63% of Israeli Arab Christians have had college or [[postgraduate education]], the highest of any religious and [[ethno-religious]] group.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bokra.net/Article-1155836 |title= ุงูู ุณูุญููู ุงูุนุฑุจ ูุชููููู ุนูู ูููุฏ ุฅุณุฑุงุฆูู ูู ุงูุชุนููู |website=Bokra |access-date=28 December 2011}}</ref> Despite the fact that Arab Christians only represent 2.1% of the total Israeli population, in 2014 they accounted for 17.0% of the country's [[university]] students, and for 14.4% of its [[college]] students.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.walla.co.il/|title=ืืืฉืืช ืืืืจืฅ ืืืืขืืื: ืืชืืืช ืืืืืืืื ืฉืืืคืื 7\24 | ืืืืื! ืืืฉืืช|website=ืืืืื!News}}</ref> There are more [[Christians]] who have attained a [[bachelor's degree]] or higher [[academic degree]]s than the median Israeli population.<ref name="Christians in Israel: Strong in education"/> The rate of students studying in the field of [[medicine]] was higher among Arab Christian students than that of all other sectors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jpost.com/National-News/CBS-report-Christian-population-in-Israel-growing|title=CBS report: Christian population in Israel growing|last=Sharon|first=Jeremy|date=25 December 2012|website=The Jerusalem Post|access-date=27 December 2013}}</ref> and the percentage of Arab Christian women who are receiving higher education is also higher than that of other groups.<ref name="ืืืืืจ ืืขืจืื ื ืืฆืจื ืืื ืืฆืืื ืืืขืจืืช ืืืื ืื"/> In 2013, Arab Christian students were also the vanguard in terms of eligibility for [[higher education]],<ref name="Christians in Israel: Strong in education"/> as the Christian Arab students had the highest rates of receiving [[Psychometric Entrance Test]] scores which eligible them to be accepted into universities, data from the [[Israel Central Bureau of Statistics]] show that 61% of Christian Arabs were eligible for university studies, compared to 50% of Jewish, 45% of Druze, and 35% of Muslim students.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.breakingisraelnews.com/8421/christian-arabs-likely-graduate-high-school-israel/#Yw4jp6yTtgoxsjcA.97 |title= Christian Arabs Most Likely to Graduate High-School in Israel |website= Breaking Israel News |date= 25 December 2013 |access-date=25 December 2013}}</ref>
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