Higher Education in Dawson County, Nebraska

Dawson County, Nebraska can be considered to have a moderately-educated working age population, with 14.4 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Dawson has a lower percent of the population with at least a Bachelors than the State of Nebraska's proportion of 23.8 percent and a lower percent than the US proportion of 24.4 percent.

In Dawson County, Nebraska as reported in the 2000 Census, 16.2 percent of the White Alone, 0 percent of Black or African American, 8 percent of the Asian alone and 2.2 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Dawson County, Nebraska, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 35.6 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Dawson have on average achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 14 percent (Men) versus 14.8 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is High School Diploma category, with 35.2 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.





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