Higher Education in Chester County, Pennsylvania
Reported by the 2000 Census in Chester County, Pennsylvania, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 45.6 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Chester on average have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 45.6 percent (Men) versus 39.6 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 39.6 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.
In Chester County, Pennsylvania as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 43.8 percent of the White Alone, 17.4 percent of Black or African American, 70.4 percent of the Asian alone and 16.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.
From 2000 to 2005, the percent of the male population that can be considered highly educated has increased by 2.6 percent. By the year 2005, 48.6 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 2005, a total of 43.4 percent of the women in the population had received a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
Chester County, Pennsylvania can be considered to have a very highly-educated 2000 population, with 42.4 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Chester has a higher percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Pennsylvania's proportion of 22.4 percent and a higher percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.
Since 2000, Chester has increased in the percent of the total population (+25) with a BA or Higher. The portion of this population has grown by 3.6 percent to a total of 46 percent in 2005, as reported by the American Community Survey. The proportion of the 2005 population having received at least a BA is greater than the State of Pennsylvania percent of 25.6 and greater than the average US percent of 27.2.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
In Chester County, Pennsylvania as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 43.8 percent of the White Alone, 17.4 percent of Black or African American, 70.4 percent of the Asian alone and 16.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.
From 2000 to 2005, the percent of the male population that can be considered highly educated has increased by 2.6 percent. By the year 2005, 48.6 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 2005, a total of 43.4 percent of the women in the population had received a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
Chester County, Pennsylvania can be considered to have a very highly-educated 2000 population, with 42.4 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Chester has a higher percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Pennsylvania's proportion of 22.4 percent and a higher percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.
Since 2000, Chester has increased in the percent of the total population (+25) with a BA or Higher. The portion of this population has grown by 3.6 percent to a total of 46 percent in 2005, as reported by the American Community Survey. The proportion of the 2005 population having received at least a BA is greater than the State of Pennsylvania percent of 25.6 and greater than the average US percent of 27.2.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
