Higher Education in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
From 2000 to 2005, the percent of male population that is highly educated has increased by 3.2 percent. In the year 2005, 29.2 percent of area's male population, over the age 25, achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher. At the same time, the percent of women, over the age 25, holding at least a Bachelors Degree has increased by a total of 4.6 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 25.2 percent of the female population having received at least a Bachelors Degree.
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania has a highly-educated 2000 population, with 23.4 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Lehigh was reported to have a higher percent of population with this high education level than the State of Pennsylvania's proportion of 22.4 percent and a lower percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.
From the year 2000, Lehigh 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 3.6 percent to a total of 27 percent in 2005, according to the American Community Survey. The 2005 proportion of highly educated population is greater than the State of Pennsylvania percent of 25.6 and less than the national percent of 27.2.
According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, the largest educational attainment category for men is the High School Diploma category, with 34.2 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Lehigh have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 26.4 percent (Men) versus 20.6 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is High School Diploma category, with 35.8 percent of the female population achieving this education level.
In Lehigh County, Pennsylvania as reported in the 2000 Census, 23.8 percent of the White Alone, 10.4 percent of Black or African American, 53.4 percent of the Asian alone and 7 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania has a highly-educated 2000 population, with 23.4 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Lehigh was reported to have a higher percent of population with this high education level than the State of Pennsylvania's proportion of 22.4 percent and a lower percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.
From the year 2000, Lehigh 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 3.6 percent to a total of 27 percent in 2005, according to the American Community Survey. The 2005 proportion of highly educated population is greater than the State of Pennsylvania percent of 25.6 and less than the national percent of 27.2.
According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, the largest educational attainment category for men is the High School Diploma category, with 34.2 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Lehigh have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 26.4 percent (Men) versus 20.6 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is High School Diploma category, with 35.8 percent of the female population achieving this education level.
In Lehigh County, Pennsylvania as reported in the 2000 Census, 23.8 percent of the White Alone, 10.4 percent of Black or African American, 53.4 percent of the Asian alone and 7 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
