Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Higher Education in the Boulder, CO Metro Area

Between 2000 and 2005, the percent of the male population that can be understood as highly educated has increased by 31.0 percent. By the year 2005, 61 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 30.4 percent. By 2005, a total of 54 percent of the female population had achieved this level of education.

According to the 2005 American Community Survey in the Boulder, CO Metro Area, many men in the area have reached the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 61 percent reaching this education level. The female population in the Boulder metro area have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 61 percent (Men) versus 54 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women is Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 54 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.

From 2000, the Boulder metro area has increased in the population percent with a Bachelors of Higher. This population percent has grown by 31.2 percent to a total of 57.6 percent in 2005, according to the American Community Survey. The 2005 proportion of highly educated population is greater than the State of Colorado percent of 35.4 and greater than the US percent of 27.2.

Boulder, CO Metro Area is made up of a very highly-educated working age population, with 57.6 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the 2005 American Community Survey. The Boulder MSA counted a higher percent of the population with at least a Bachelors than the State of Colorado's proportion of 35.4 percent and a higher percent than United States proportion of 27.2 percent.

In the Boulder, CO Metro Area according the 2005 American Community Survey, 59.6 percent of the White Alone, . percent of Black or African American, 72.8 percent of the Asian alone and 16.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

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

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