Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Higher Education in Sandoval County, New Mexico

From 2000, Sandoval 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 1.8 percent to a total of 26.6 percent in 2005. According to the American Community Survey, the proportion of the population in 2005 with a BA or Higher is greater than the State of New Mexico percent of 25.2 and less than the national percent of 27.2.

Between 2000 and 2005, the percent of the male population that can be understood as highly educated has decreased by 0.2 percent. By 2005, 24.8 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 increased by a total of 3.4 percent. By 2005, a total of 28 percent of the female population having received at least a Bachelors Degree.

Sandoval County, New Mexico has a highly-educated 2000 population, with 24.8 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Sandoval is reported having a higher percent of the population with at least a Bachelors than the State of New Mexico's proportion of 23.4 percent and a higher percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.

Reported by the 2000 Census in Sandoval County, New Mexico, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 32.6 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Sandoval have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 25.2 percent (Men) versus 24.6 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is Some College or Associates Degree category, with 32.4 percent of the female population achieving this education level.

In Sandoval County, New Mexico as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 30.2 percent of the White Alone, 23.2 percent of Black or African American, 35.2 percent of the Asian alone and 14.2 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

 

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