In Blue Earth County, Minnesota as reported in the 2000 Census, 26.6 percent of the White Alone, 26 percent of Black or African American, 43.2 percent of the Asian alone and 20 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Blue Earth County, Minnesota is made up of a highly-educated working age population, with 26.6 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Blue Earth is reported having a lower percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of Minnesota's proportion of 27.4 percent and a higher percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.

The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 32.2 percent reaching this education level. The female population in Blue Earth have on average achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 25.6 percent (Men) versus 27.6 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 33.6 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.





Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.