Higher Education in the State of Delaware
According to the 2000 Census Decennial, the counties in the State of Delaware range, in terms of percent of population (over 25) with a Bachelors Degree or Higher, from a high of 29.4 percent in New Castle County to a low of 16.6 percent in Sussex County.
The ten most highly-educated counties in Delaware
Percent of the population (over 25) holding a bachelors degree or higher
1. New Castle County (29.4 percent)
2. Kent County (18.6 percent)
3. Sussex County (16.6 percent)
4. Hartford County (29.6 percent)
5. New Haven County (27.6 percent)
6. Litchfield County (27.4 percent)
7. New London County (26.2 percent)
8. Windham County (19 percent)
9. Routt County (42.6 percent)
10. Larimer County (39.6 percent)
Between 2000 and 2005, the percent of the male population that can be understood as highly educated has increased by 1.6 percent. By 2005, 28.6 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 3.2 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 26.6 percent of the female population had achieved this level of education.
In the State of Delaware according to the American Community Survey of 2005, 28.8 percent of the White Alone, 17.6 percent of Black or African American, 65.4 percent of the Asian alone and 15 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
Delaware may to understood as having a moderately-educated working age population, with 27.6 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported in American Community Survey of 2005. The State of Delaware was reported to have a higher percent of population with a BA or Higher percent than the average across the nation of 27.2 percent.
In 2005, the American Community Survey reported that in the State of Delaware, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 31.8 percent reaching this education level. The female population in the Delaware have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 28.6 percent (Men) versus 26.6 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area achieving a High School Diploma category, with 34 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
posted by Matt at 6:20 AM 
2 Comments:
We certainly don't have the artists, writers, poets, philosophers and those educated in the social sciences or humanities here. It's mostly just niche educated science geeks and mediocre business professionals. I say mediocre because the people who show actual promise in the business world do not typically reside in Delaware. (save a few lucky ones)
Areas endowed with a higher-educated population typically have cultural amenities... not Delaware... unless you consider Nascar, asphalt and chain stores cultural amenities.
There are no books stores here?! oh yeah, borders...
The saddest thing I have ever seen in my life are people making treks to Borders to listen to local musicians. Yeah, coffee, music, literature at Borders... pretty soon, we'll start looking to Walmart for theatre....
Also... I bet that if you looked closely, you'd discover that a huge and disproportionate amount of post graduate degrees in Delaware were earned in Delaware. That's sort of lame really... I imagine that you really don't get the diversity of thinking necessary for a beneficial dialectical process.
Delaware higher education? where?
Depth Psychology... sought to understand how a group of people could willingly particpate in their own domination.
Maybe the remaining proponents of the Frankfurt School in Chicago could come to Delaware and use it as their model.
"The State of Delaware was reported to have a higher percent of population with a BA or Higher [at 27.6] percent than the average across the nation of 27.2 percent.”
Even though this is repeatedly stated in this article, the 2005 ACS said no such thing. It estimated the number of highly educated Delawareans at 27.5% with a margin of error of + or – 1.8%. Because of the low survey numbers from such a small state, the actual education level could be below the national average with 25.7% or above to as high as 29.3%. Either way the differences are small so it would be the most accurate to say that the state numbers match the nation-wide stats.
Not sure whether to believe me or the article, well here’s the actual data set:
http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/STTable?_bm=y&-state=st&-context=st&-qr_name=ACS_2005_EST_G00_S1501&-ds_name=ACS_2005_EST_G00_&-tree_id=305&-_caller=geoselect&-geo_id=04000US10&-format=&-_lang=en
Also, Delaware only has three counties (New Castle, Kent & Sussex). The other seven on the top 10 list are incorrectly listed with this article.
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