Higher Education in Fayette County, Ohio

Reported by the 2000 Census in Fayette County, Ohio, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 47.2 percent reaching this education level. The female population in Fayette on average have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 12 percent (Men) versus 9.6 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is High School Diploma category, with 48 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.

In Fayette County, Ohio as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 10.8 percent of the White Alone, 10 percent of Black or African American, 22.6 percent of the Asian alone and 0 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Fayette County, Ohio can be considered to have a less-educated 2000 population, with 10.8 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Fayette has a lower percent of population with this high education level than the State of Ohio's proportion of 21 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.





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