Higher Education in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
From 2000 to 2005, the percent of male population that is highly educated has increased by 2.4 percent. By the year 2005, 20.4 percent of the total male population, in the area, has obtained at least a Bachelors Degree. From 2000 to 2005, the percent of women with a Bachelors or Higher has increased by a total of 4.0 percent. By 2005, a total of 19.2 percent of the total female population achieved this high level of education.
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania is made up of a moderately-educated population, with 16.4 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Luzerne has a lower percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of Pennsylvania's proportion of 22.4 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.
In 2000, the Census reported that in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 40.4 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Luzerne have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 17.6 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 42.2 percent of the female population achieving this education level.
Since the year 2000, Luzerne 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 3.4 percent to a total of 19.8 percent in 2005, according to the American Community Survey. The 2005 proportion of highly educated population is less than the State of Pennsylvania percent of 25.6 and less than the national percent of 27.2.
In Luzerne County, Pennsylvania as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 16.4 percent of the White Alone, 5.8 percent of Black or African American, 50 percent of the Asian alone and 10.4 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania is made up of a moderately-educated population, with 16.4 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Luzerne has a lower percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of Pennsylvania's proportion of 22.4 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.
In 2000, the Census reported that in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 40.4 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Luzerne have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 17.6 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 42.2 percent of the female population achieving this education level.
Since the year 2000, Luzerne 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 3.4 percent to a total of 19.8 percent in 2005, according to the American Community Survey. The 2005 proportion of highly educated population is less than the State of Pennsylvania percent of 25.6 and less than the national percent of 27.2.
In Luzerne County, Pennsylvania as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 16.4 percent of the White Alone, 5.8 percent of Black or African American, 50 percent of the Asian alone and 10.4 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
