Higher Education in San Juan County, New Mexico
In San Juan County, New Mexico as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 18.8 percent of the White Alone, 27.6 percent of Black or African American, 28.8 percent of the Asian alone and 6.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
San Juan County, New Mexico can be considered to have a moderately-educated 2000 population, with 13.6 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. San Juan is reported having a lower percent of population with this high education level than the State of New Mexico's proportion of 23.4 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.
Reported by the 2000 Census in San Juan County, New Mexico, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 32.6 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in San Juan on average have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 14 percent (Men) versus 13 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is Some College or Associates Degree category, with 35.4 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.
From 2000, San Juan has decreased in the total percent of the over 25 population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population group has declined by 2.2 percent to a total of 11.4 percent in 2005, as reported by the American Community Survey. The proportion of the 2005 population having received at least a BA is less than the State of New Mexico percent of 25.2 and less than the national percent of 27.2.
From 2000 to 2005, the percent of the male population that can be considered highly educated has decreased by 3.0 percent. By 2005, 11 percent of area's male population (+25) achieved a BA or Higher. During the same period, the percent of women (+25) that have earned a BA or higher has decreased by a total of 1.2 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 11.8 percent of the women in the population had received a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
San Juan County, New Mexico can be considered to have a moderately-educated 2000 population, with 13.6 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. San Juan is reported having a lower percent of population with this high education level than the State of New Mexico's proportion of 23.4 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.
Reported by the 2000 Census in San Juan County, New Mexico, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 32.6 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in San Juan on average have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 14 percent (Men) versus 13 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is Some College or Associates Degree category, with 35.4 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.
From 2000, San Juan has decreased in the total percent of the over 25 population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population group has declined by 2.2 percent to a total of 11.4 percent in 2005, as reported by the American Community Survey. The proportion of the 2005 population having received at least a BA is less than the State of New Mexico percent of 25.2 and less than the national percent of 27.2.
From 2000 to 2005, the percent of the male population that can be considered highly educated has decreased by 3.0 percent. By 2005, 11 percent of area's male population (+25) achieved a BA or Higher. During the same period, the percent of women (+25) that have earned a BA or higher has decreased by a total of 1.2 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 11.8 percent of the women in the population had received a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
