Higher Education in Navajo County, Arizona
Navajo County, Arizona can be considered to have a moderately-educated 2000 population, with 12.2 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Navajo is reported having a lower percent of population with high education level than the State of Arizona's proportion of 23.6 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.
Between 2000 and 2005, the percent of the male population that can be understood as highly educated has increased by 0.6 percent. In the year 2005, 13.6 percent of total male population (over 25), in this area, held at least a Bachelors Degree. At the same time, the percent of women (over 25) holding a BA or higher has increased by a total of 1.8 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 13.8 percent of the total female population achieved this high level of education.
In 2000, the Census reported that in Navajo County, Arizona, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 29.6 percent reaching this education level. The female population in Navajo have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 12.6 percent (Men) versus 12 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is Some College or Associates Degree, with 32.6 percent of the female population achieving this education level.
From 2000, Navajo has increased in the population percent with a Bachelors of Higher. This population percent has grown by 1.6 percent to a total of 13.8 in 2005, according to the American Community Survey. The 2005 proportion of highly educated population is less than the 2005 State of Arizona percent of 25.6 and less than the average US percent of 27.2.
In Navajo County, Arizona as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 19 percent of the White Alone, 6.4 percent of Black or African American, 29 percent of the Asian alone and 4.8 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
Between 2000 and 2005, the percent of the male population that can be understood as highly educated has increased by 0.6 percent. In the year 2005, 13.6 percent of total male population (over 25), in this area, held at least a Bachelors Degree. At the same time, the percent of women (over 25) holding a BA or higher has increased by a total of 1.8 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 13.8 percent of the total female population achieved this high level of education.
In 2000, the Census reported that in Navajo County, Arizona, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 29.6 percent reaching this education level. The female population in Navajo have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 12.6 percent (Men) versus 12 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is Some College or Associates Degree, with 32.6 percent of the female population achieving this education level.
From 2000, Navajo has increased in the population percent with a Bachelors of Higher. This population percent has grown by 1.6 percent to a total of 13.8 in 2005, according to the American Community Survey. The 2005 proportion of highly educated population is less than the 2005 State of Arizona percent of 25.6 and less than the average US percent of 27.2.
In Navajo County, Arizona as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 19 percent of the White Alone, 6.4 percent of Black or African American, 29 percent of the Asian alone and 4.8 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
