Higher Education in Fort Bend County, Texas
From 2000 to 2005, the percent of the male population that can be considered highly educated has increased by 3.0 percent. In the year 2005, 43 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 3.2 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 36.8 percent of the total female population achieved this high level of education.
In Fort Bend County, Texas according the 2000 Decennial Census, 39.4 percent of the White Alone, 30 percent of Black or African American, 56.4 percent of the Asian alone and 12 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.
Fort Bend County, Texas can be considered to have a very highly-educated population, with 37 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Fort Bend was reported to have a higher percent of population with this high education level than the State of Texas's proportion of 23.2 percent and a higher percent than the US proportion of 24.4 percent.
From the year 2000, Fort Bend has increased in the total percent of the over 25 population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population group has grown by 2.8 percent to a total of 39.8 percent in 2005. The American Community Survey reports that the proportion of the 2005 population that is highly educated is greater than the 2005 State of Texas percent of 25.2 and greater than the US percent of 27.2.
The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Fort Bend County, Texas, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 40.4 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Fort Bend have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 40.4 percent (Men) versus 33.6 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 33.6 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
In Fort Bend County, Texas according the 2000 Decennial Census, 39.4 percent of the White Alone, 30 percent of Black or African American, 56.4 percent of the Asian alone and 12 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.
Fort Bend County, Texas can be considered to have a very highly-educated population, with 37 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Fort Bend was reported to have a higher percent of population with this high education level than the State of Texas's proportion of 23.2 percent and a higher percent than the US proportion of 24.4 percent.
From the year 2000, Fort Bend has increased in the total percent of the over 25 population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population group has grown by 2.8 percent to a total of 39.8 percent in 2005. The American Community Survey reports that the proportion of the 2005 population that is highly educated is greater than the 2005 State of Texas percent of 25.2 and greater than the US percent of 27.2.
The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Fort Bend County, Texas, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 40.4 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Fort Bend have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 40.4 percent (Men) versus 33.6 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 33.6 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
