Higher Education in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina is made up of a very highly-educated population, with 37.2 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Mecklenburg has a higher percent of the population with at least a Bachelors than the State of North Carolina's proportion of 22.4 percent and a higher percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.
In Mecklenburg County, North Carolina according the 2000 Decennial Census, 44.2 percent of the White Alone, 20.2 percent of Black or African American, 40.2 percent of the Asian alone and 14.4 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
From 2000, Mecklenburg 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 1.8 percent to a total of 39 percent in 2005, according to the American Community Survey. The 2005 proportion of highly educated population is greater than the 2005 State of North Carolina percent of 25.2 and greater than the United States percent of 27.2.
Reported by the 2000 Census in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, the largest educational attainment category for men is the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 39.8 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Mecklenburg have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 39.8 percent (Men) versus 34.6 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 34.6 percent of the female population achieving this education level.
From the years 2000 to 2005, the proportion of the male population that could be considered highly educated has increased by 1.0 percent. In the year 2005, 41 percent of area's male population, over the age 25, achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher. At the same time, the percent of women, over the age 25, holding at least a Bachelors Degree has increased by a total of 2.6 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 37.2 percent of the female population had achieved this level of education.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
In Mecklenburg County, North Carolina according the 2000 Decennial Census, 44.2 percent of the White Alone, 20.2 percent of Black or African American, 40.2 percent of the Asian alone and 14.4 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
From 2000, Mecklenburg 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 1.8 percent to a total of 39 percent in 2005, according to the American Community Survey. The 2005 proportion of highly educated population is greater than the 2005 State of North Carolina percent of 25.2 and greater than the United States percent of 27.2.
Reported by the 2000 Census in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, the largest educational attainment category for men is the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 39.8 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Mecklenburg have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 39.8 percent (Men) versus 34.6 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 34.6 percent of the female population achieving this education level.
From the years 2000 to 2005, the proportion of the male population that could be considered highly educated has increased by 1.0 percent. In the year 2005, 41 percent of area's male population, over the age 25, achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher. At the same time, the percent of women, over the age 25, holding at least a Bachelors Degree has increased by a total of 2.6 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 37.2 percent of the female population had achieved this level of education.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
