Higher Education in Somerset County, Pennsylvania
From 2000, Somerset 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 2.6 percent to a total of 13.4 percent in 2005. According to the American Community Survey, the proportion of the population in 2005 with a BA or Higher is less than the State of Pennsylvania percent of 25.6 and less than the US percent of 27.2.
In Somerset County, Pennsylvania as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 11 percent of the White Alone, 1.6 percent of Black or African American, 6.8 percent of the Asian alone and 5.2 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
From the years 2000 to 2005, the proportion of the male population that could be considered highly educated has increased by 2.8 percent. By 2005, 13.8 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 2.2 percent. By 2005, a total of 13.2 percent of the women in the population had received a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
Somerset County, Pennsylvania is made up of a less-educated population of the working age, with 10.8 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Somerset counted a lower 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.
Reported by the 2000 Census in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 51.2 percent reaching this education level. The female population in Somerset on average have achieved a same level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 10.6 percent (Men) versus 11 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is High School Diploma category, with 49.6 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
In Somerset County, Pennsylvania as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 11 percent of the White Alone, 1.6 percent of Black or African American, 6.8 percent of the Asian alone and 5.2 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
From the years 2000 to 2005, the proportion of the male population that could be considered highly educated has increased by 2.8 percent. By 2005, 13.8 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 2.2 percent. By 2005, a total of 13.2 percent of the women in the population had received a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
Somerset County, Pennsylvania is made up of a less-educated population of the working age, with 10.8 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Somerset counted a lower 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.
Reported by the 2000 Census in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 51.2 percent reaching this education level. The female population in Somerset on average have achieved a same level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 10.6 percent (Men) versus 11 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is High School Diploma category, with 49.6 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
