Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Higher Education in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area

Reported by the 2005 American Community Survey in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area, many men in the area have reached the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 39 percent reaching this education level. The female population in the Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington metro area on average have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 39 percent (Men) versus 35 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 35 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area is made up of a highly-educated population, with 37 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the American Community Survey of 2005. The Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MSA was reported to have a higher percent of population with high education level than the State of Minnesota's proportion of 30.8 percent and a higher percent than United States proportion of 27.2 percent.

Since 2000, the Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington metro area has increased in the percent of the total population (+25) with a BA or Higher. The portion of this population has grown by 3.8 percent to a total of 37 percent in 2005, according to the American Community Survey. The 2005 proportion of highly educated population is greater than the State of Minnesota percent of 30.8 and greater than the US percent of 27.2.

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of the male population that can be considered highly educated has increased by 4.0 percent. By the year 2005, 39 percent of the total male population, in the area, has obtained at least a Bachelors Degree. From 2000 to 2005, the percent of women with a Bachelors or Higher has increased by a total of 3.4 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 35 percent of the women in the population had received a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

In the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area according to the American Community Survey of 2005, 38.4 percent of the White Alone, 21.2 percent of Black or African American, 39.6 percent of the Asian alone and 14.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

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

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