Higher Education in Transylvania County, North Carolina
Transylvania County, North Carolina can be considered to have a highly-educated population, with 23.8 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Transylvania is reported having a higher percent of highly educated individuals than the State of North Carolina's proportion of 22.4 percent and a lower percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.
In 2000, the Census reported that in Transylvania County, North Carolina, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 29 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Transylvania have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 25.8 percent (Men) versus 21.8 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the High School Diploma category, with 30.8 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.
In Transylvania County, North Carolina according the 2000 Decennial Census, 24 percent of the White Alone, 14.2 percent of Black or African American, 50 percent of the Asian alone and 16 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.
In 2000, the Census reported that in Transylvania County, North Carolina, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 29 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Transylvania have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 25.8 percent (Men) versus 21.8 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the High School Diploma category, with 30.8 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.
In Transylvania County, North Carolina according the 2000 Decennial Census, 24 percent of the White Alone, 14.2 percent of Black or African American, 50 percent of the Asian alone and 16 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.
