Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Higher Education in the Springfield, OH Metro Area

Springfield, OH Metro Area can be considered to have a less-educated population of the working age, with 17 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the 2005 American Community Survey. The Springfield MSA counted a lower 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 the average across the nation of 27.2 percent.

Since 2000, the Springfield metro area has decreased in the population percent with a Bachelors of Higher. This population percent has declined by 5.2 percent to a total of 17 percent in 2005, according to the American Community Survey. The 2005 proportion of highly educated population is less than the State of Ohio percent of 23.4 and less than the US percent of 27.2.

The American Community Survey reported that in the Springfield, OH Metro Area, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 42.4 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in the Springfield metro area have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 18.8 percent (Men) versus 15.2 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the High School Diploma category, with 40.8 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of male population that is highly educated has decreased by 6.2 percent. In the year 2005, 18.8 percent of total male population (over 25), in this area, held at least a Bachelors Degree. At the same time, the percent of women (over 25) holding a BA or higher has decreased by a total of 4.6 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 15.2 percent of the female population having received at least a Bachelors Degree.

In the Springfield, OH Metro Area according to the American Community Survey of 2005, 17.6 percent of the White Alone, 10 percent of Black or African American, . percent of the Asian alone and . percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

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

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