Панды считают конкретное значение в столбце
(df[education]=='9th').sum()
coder
(df[education]=='9th').sum()
print df
col1 education
0 a 9th
1 b 9th
2 c 8th
print df.education == '9th'
0 True
1 True
2 False
Name: education, dtype: bool
print df[df.education == '9th']
col1 education
0 a 9th
1 b 9th
print df[df.education == '9th'].shape[0]
2
print len(df[df['education'] == '9th'])
2