Higher Education in McDowell County, North Carolina
McDowell County, North Carolina can be considered to have a less-educated 2000 population, with 9 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. McDowell counted a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of North Carolina's proportion of 22.4 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.
According to the 2000 Decennial Census in McDowell County, North Carolina, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 35.8 percent achieving this level. The female population in McDowell have achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 8.4 percent (Men) versus 9.4 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is High School Diploma category, with 36.2 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.
In McDowell County, North Carolina according the 2000 Decennial Census, 9 percent of the White Alone, 5.4 percent of Black or African American, 31.8 percent of the Asian alone and 1.2 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.
According to the 2000 Decennial Census in McDowell County, North Carolina, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 35.8 percent achieving this level. The female population in McDowell have achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 8.4 percent (Men) versus 9.4 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is High School Diploma category, with 36.2 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.
In McDowell County, North Carolina according the 2000 Decennial Census, 9 percent of the White Alone, 5.4 percent of Black or African American, 31.8 percent of the Asian alone and 1.2 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.
