Higher Education in McKenzie County, North Dakota

McKenzie County, North Dakota can be considered to have a moderately-educated working age population, with 15.8 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. McKenzie has a lower percent of the population with at least a Bachelors than the State of North Dakota's proportion of 22 percent and a lower percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.

The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in McKenzie County, North Dakota, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the High School Diploma category, with 34.6 percent achieving this level. The female population in McKenzie have on average achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 14.6 percent (Men) versus 16.8 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 31.6 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.

In McKenzie County, North Dakota according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 16.4 percent of the White Alone, 33.4 percent of Black or African American, 33.4 percent of the Asian alone and 12.6 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.