Higher Education in Amherst County, Virginia
Amherst County, Virginia may to understood as having a moderately-educated 2000 population, with 13 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Amherst is reported having a lower percent of population with this high education level than the State of Virginia's proportion of 29.4 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.
The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Amherst County, Virginia, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 32.6 percent reaching this education level. The female population in Amherst have achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 12.2 percent (Men) versus 13.8 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the High School Diploma category, with 34 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.
In Amherst County, Virginia according the 2000 Decennial Census, 15 percent of the White Alone, 4.6 percent of Black or African American, 43.2 percent of the Asian alone and 9.8 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.
The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Amherst County, Virginia, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 32.6 percent reaching this education level. The female population in Amherst have achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 12.2 percent (Men) versus 13.8 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the High School Diploma category, with 34 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.
In Amherst County, Virginia according the 2000 Decennial Census, 15 percent of the White Alone, 4.6 percent of Black or African American, 43.2 percent of the Asian alone and 9.8 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.
