Higher Education in Carver County, Minnesota
Carver County, Minnesota may to understood as having a very highly-educated population of the working age, with 34.2 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Carver is reported having a higher percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of Minnesota's proportion of 27.4 percent and a higher percent than the national average of 24.4 percent.
From 2000 to 2005, the percent of male population that is highly educated has decreased by 0.4 percent. In the year 2005, 35.6 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 6.4 percent. By 2005, a total of 38.8 percent of the women in the population had received a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
Reported by the 2000 Census in Carver County, Minnesota, many men in the area have reached the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 36.4 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Carver have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 36.4 percent (Men) versus 32.4 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 32.4 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.
From the year 2000, Carver has increased in the percent of the population that is over the age of 25 with a BA or Higher. This population cohort has grown by 3.0 percent to a total of 37.2 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 national percent of 27.2.
In Carver County, Minnesota as reported in the 2000 Census, 34.4 percent of the White Alone, 37 percent of Black or African American, 40 percent of the Asian alone and 9.8 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
From 2000 to 2005, the percent of male population that is highly educated has decreased by 0.4 percent. In the year 2005, 35.6 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 6.4 percent. By 2005, a total of 38.8 percent of the women in the population had received a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
Reported by the 2000 Census in Carver County, Minnesota, many men in the area have reached the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 36.4 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Carver have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 36.4 percent (Men) versus 32.4 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 32.4 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.
From the year 2000, Carver has increased in the percent of the population that is over the age of 25 with a BA or Higher. This population cohort has grown by 3.0 percent to a total of 37.2 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 national percent of 27.2.
In Carver County, Minnesota as reported in the 2000 Census, 34.4 percent of the White Alone, 37 percent of Black or African American, 40 percent of the Asian alone and 9.8 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
