Higher Education in Cheyenne County, Nebraska

Reported by the 2000 Census in Cheyenne County, Nebraska, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the High School Diploma category, with 34.2 percent achieving this level. The female population in Cheyenne have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 20.2 percent (Men) versus 13.6 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is Some College or Associates Degree category, with 37.8 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.

In Cheyenne County, Nebraska as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 17 percent of the White Alone, . percent of Black or African American, 75 percent of the Asian alone and 0 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Cheyenne County, Nebraska can be considered to have a moderately-educated working age population, with 16.8 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Cheyenne was reported to have 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.





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