 In Alterswil about 647 or (34.4%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 178 or (9.5%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a "Fachhochschule").Of the 178 who completed tertiary schooling, 71.9% were Swiss men, 24.7% were Swiss women.The Canton of Fribourg school system provides one year of non-obligatory Kindergarten, followed by six years of Primary school.