Higher Education in Ward County, North Dakota

The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Ward County, North Dakota, many men in the area have reached the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 36.4 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Ward have on average achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 22 percent (Men) versus 22.2 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 36.2 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.

In Ward County, North Dakota according the 2000 Decennial Census, 22.4 percent of the White Alone, 21.2 percent of Black or African American, 21.4 percent of the Asian alone and 25.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Ward County, North Dakota can be considered to have a highly-educated population of the working age, with 22.2 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Ward was reported to have a higher 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 the national average of 24.4 percent.





Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.