Higher Education in Tulsa County, Oklahoma
In Tulsa County, Oklahoma according the 2000 Decennial Census, 29.4 percent of the White Alone, 14.2 percent of Black or African American, 38.8 percent of the Asian alone and 11.8 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.
Between 2000 and 2005, the percent of the male population that can be understood as highly educated has increased by 2.8 percent. As reported in 2005, 32.8 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 27.4 percent of the women in the population had received a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
Tulsa County, Oklahoma is made up of a highly-educated population, with 27 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Tulsa has a higher percent of population with this high education level than the State of Oklahoma's proportion of 20.2 percent and a higher percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.
From 2000, Tulsa has increased in the percent of the total population (+25) with a BA or Higher. The portion of this population has grown by 3.0 percent to a total of 30 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 2005 State of Oklahoma percent of 22.4 and greater than the United States percent of 27.2.
Reported by the 2000 Census in Tulsa County, Oklahoma, the largest educational attainment category for men is the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 30.6 percent reaching this education level. The female population in Tulsa on average have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 30.2 percent (Men) versus 24 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 32.4 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
Between 2000 and 2005, the percent of the male population that can be understood as highly educated has increased by 2.8 percent. As reported in 2005, 32.8 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 27.4 percent of the women in the population had received a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
Tulsa County, Oklahoma is made up of a highly-educated population, with 27 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Tulsa has a higher percent of population with this high education level than the State of Oklahoma's proportion of 20.2 percent and a higher percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.
From 2000, Tulsa has increased in the percent of the total population (+25) with a BA or Higher. The portion of this population has grown by 3.0 percent to a total of 30 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 2005 State of Oklahoma percent of 22.4 and greater than the United States percent of 27.2.
Reported by the 2000 Census in Tulsa County, Oklahoma, the largest educational attainment category for men is the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 30.6 percent reaching this education level. The female population in Tulsa on average have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 30.2 percent (Men) versus 24 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 32.4 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
