Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Higher Education in the Dayton, OH Metro Area

Dayton, OH Metro Area may to understood as having a moderately-educated population, with 24 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported in American Community Survey of 2005. The Dayton MSA counted a higher percent of the population with at least a Bachelors than the State of Ohio's proportion of 23.4 percent and a lower percent than United States proportion of 27.2 percent.

From the year 2000, the Dayton metro area 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 3.8 percent to a total of 24 percent in 2005. The American Community Survey reports that the proportion of the 2005 population that is highly educated is greater than the State of Ohio percent of 23.4 and less than the United States percent of 27.2.

In the Dayton, OH Metro Area as reported in the American Community Survey of the year 2005, 24.8 percent of the White Alone, 16.6 percent of Black or African American, 54.8 percent of the Asian alone and 20 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Reported by the 2005 American Community Survey in the Dayton, OH Metro Area, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 31.2 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in the Dayton metro area on average have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 26 percent (Men) versus 22.4 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is High School Diploma category, with 34.2 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of the male population that can be considered highly educated has increased by 4.0 percent. By the year 2005, 26 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 3.8 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 22.4 percent of the women in the population had received a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

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

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