Higher Education in Grand Forks County, North Dakota
Grand Forks County, North Dakota is made up of a highly-educated working age population, with 27.8 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Grand Forks has a higher percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of North Dakota's proportion of 22 percent and a higher percent than the US proportion of 24.4 percent.
In Grand Forks County, North Dakota as reported in the 2000 Census, 28.2 percent of the White Alone, 16.6 percent of Black or African American, 42.2 percent of the Asian alone and 17 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.
Since 2000, Grand Forks 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 5.0 percent to a total of 32.8 percent in 2005. The American Community Survey reports that the proportion of the 2005 population that is highly educated is greater than the 2005 State of North Dakota percent of 25.4 and greater than the national percent of 27.2.
In 2000, the Census reported that in Grand Forks County, North Dakota, the largest educational attainment category for men is the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 37.4 percent reaching this education level. The female population in Grand Forks have attainment on average a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 27.2 percent (Men) versus 28.6 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 36.4 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.
From 2000 to 2005, the percent of male population that is highly educated has increased by 7.0 percent. As reported in 2005, 34 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 3.0 percent. By 2005, a total of 31.6 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 Grand Forks County, North Dakota as reported in the 2000 Census, 28.2 percent of the White Alone, 16.6 percent of Black or African American, 42.2 percent of the Asian alone and 17 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.
Since 2000, Grand Forks 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 5.0 percent to a total of 32.8 percent in 2005. The American Community Survey reports that the proportion of the 2005 population that is highly educated is greater than the 2005 State of North Dakota percent of 25.4 and greater than the national percent of 27.2.
In 2000, the Census reported that in Grand Forks County, North Dakota, the largest educational attainment category for men is the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 37.4 percent reaching this education level. The female population in Grand Forks have attainment on average a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 27.2 percent (Men) versus 28.6 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 36.4 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.
From 2000 to 2005, the percent of male population that is highly educated has increased by 7.0 percent. As reported in 2005, 34 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 3.0 percent. By 2005, a total of 31.6 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.
