Monday, December 18, 2006

Higher Education in San Diego County, California

In San Diego County, California as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 33.2 percent of the White Alone, 16.2 percent of Black or African American, 37.2 percent of the Asian alone and 10.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

San Diego County, California may to understood as having a highly-educated population of the working age, with 29.6 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. San Diego counted a higher percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of California's proportion of 26.6 percent and a higher percent than the US proportion of 24.4 percent.

Reported by the 2000 Census in San Diego County, California, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 32.6 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in San Diego on average have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 31.8 percent (Men) versus 27.2 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women is Some College or Associates Degree, with 33.8 percent of the female population achieving this education level.

From 2000, San Diego has increased in the percent of the total population (+25) with a BA or Higher. The portion of this population has grown by 4.4 percent to a total of 34 in 2005, as reported by the American Community Survey. The poporation of the 2005 population having received at least a BA is greater than the porportion in the State of California percent of 29.6 and greater than the national percent of 27.2.

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of the male population that can be considered highly educated has increased by 4.4 percent. By 2005, 36.4 percent of area's male population (+25) achieved a BA or Higher. During the same period, the percent of women (+25) that have earned a BA or higher has increased by a total of 4.6 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 31.8 percent of the women in the population had received a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

 

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