Higher Education in the State of Nevada

From 2000, the State of Nevada 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 2.4 percent to a total of 20.6 percent in 2005. The American Community Survey reports that the proportion of the 2005 population that is highly educated is less than the US percent of 27.2.

According to the 2000 Census Decennial, the counties in the State of Nevada range, in terms of percent of population (over 25) with a Bachelors Degree or Higher, from a high of 23.8 percent in Washoe County to a low of 8.8 percent in Pershing County.

The ten most highly-educated counties in Nevada
Percent of the population (over 25) holding a bachelors degree or higher

1. Washoe County (23.8 percent)
2. Douglas County (23.2 percent)
3. Carson City (18.4 percent)
4. Storey County (18 percent)
5. Clark County (17.4 percent)
6. Churchill County (16.8 percent)
7. Lincoln County (15 percent)
8. Elko County (14.8 percent)
9. Humboldt County (14.2 percent)
10. Eureka County (13.6 percent)


In the State of Nevada as reported in the American Community Survey of the year 2005, 21.2 percent of the White Alone, 15.2 percent of Black or African American, 33.6 percent of the Asian alone and 7.8 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of male population that is highly educated has increased by 2.0 percent. As reported in 2005, 22 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 2.8 percent. By 2005, a total of 19.4 percent of the female population having received at least a Bachelors Degree.

Nevada can be considered to have a less-educated population of the working age, with 20.6 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the 2005 American Community Survey. The State of Nevada is reported having a lower percent of population with a BA or Higher percent than the US proportion of 27.2 percent.

According to the 2005 American Community Survey in the State of Nevada, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 31.2 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in the Nevada have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 22 percent (Men) versus 19.4 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the High School Diploma category, with 31.6 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.

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