Box Butte County, Nebraska can be considered to have a moderately-educated 2000 population, with 15.2 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Box Butte counted a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Nebraska's proportion of 23.8 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.

In Box Butte County, Nebraska as reported in the 2000 Census, 16 percent of the White Alone, 0 percent of Black or African American, 0 percent of the Asian alone and 4 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

In 2000, the Census reported that in Box Butte County, Nebraska, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 38.6 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Box Butte on average have achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 14.8 percent (Men) versus 15.8 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is Some College or Associates Degree category, with 37.8 percent of the female population achieving this education level.





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