Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Higher Education in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area

From the year 2000, the Raleigh-Cary metro area has increased in the total percent of the over 25 population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population group has grown by 24.0 percent to a total of 41.6 percent in 2005, according to the American Community Survey. The 2005 proportion of highly educated population is greater than the State of North Carolina percent of 25.2 and greater than the United States percent of 27.2.

In the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area as reported in the American Community Survey of the year 2005, 45.2 percent of the White Alone, 26.8 percent of Black or African American, 65 percent of the Asian alone and 17.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Between 2000 and 2005, the percent of the male population that can be understood as highly educated has increased by 23.0 percent. As reported in 2005, 43 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 25.0 percent. By 2005, a total of 40.4 percent of the women in the population had received a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area can be considered to have a very highly-educated 2005 population, with 41.6 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the 2005 American Community Survey. The Raleigh-Cary MSA has a higher percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of North Carolina's proportion of 25.2 percent and a higher percent than United States proportion of 27.2 percent.

Reported by the 2005 American Community Survey in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area, many men in the area have reached the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 43 percent achieving this level. The female population in the Raleigh-Cary metro area have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 43 percent (Men) versus 40.4 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 40.4 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.

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

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