Higher Education in Hanover County, Virginia
In 2000, the Census reported that in Hanover County, Virginia, the largest educational attainment category for men is the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 29.8 percent reaching this education level. The female population in Hanover have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 29.8 percent (Men) versus 27.8 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 30 percent of the female population achieving this education level.
From 2000 to 2005, the percent of the male population that can be considered highly educated has increased by 9.6 percent. In the year 2005, 39.6 percent of total male population (over 25), in this area, held at least a Bachelors Degree. At the same time, the percent of women (over 25) holding a BA or higher has increased by a total of 3.6 percent. By 2005, a total of 31.4 percent of the women in the population had received a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
Hanover County, Virginia can be considered to have a highly-educated population, with 28.6 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Hanover has a lower percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of Virginia's proportion of 29.4 percent and a higher percent than the US proportion of 24.4 percent.
From the year 2000, Hanover 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 6.6 percent to a total of 35.2 percent in 2005. According to the American Community Survey, the proportion of the population in 2005 with a BA or Higher is greater than the 2005 State of Virginia percent of 33.2 and greater than the national percent of 27.2.
In Hanover County, Virginia according the 2000 Decennial Census, 29.8 percent of the White Alone, 17.4 percent of Black or African American, 41.2 percent of the Asian alone and 26.4 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. 2005 American Community Survey.
From 2000 to 2005, the percent of the male population that can be considered highly educated has increased by 9.6 percent. In the year 2005, 39.6 percent of total male population (over 25), in this area, held at least a Bachelors Degree. At the same time, the percent of women (over 25) holding a BA or higher has increased by a total of 3.6 percent. By 2005, a total of 31.4 percent of the women in the population had received a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
Hanover County, Virginia can be considered to have a highly-educated population, with 28.6 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Hanover has a lower percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of Virginia's proportion of 29.4 percent and a higher percent than the US proportion of 24.4 percent.
From the year 2000, Hanover 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 6.6 percent to a total of 35.2 percent in 2005. According to the American Community Survey, the proportion of the population in 2005 with a BA or Higher is greater than the 2005 State of Virginia percent of 33.2 and greater than the national percent of 27.2.
In Hanover County, Virginia according the 2000 Decennial Census, 29.8 percent of the White Alone, 17.4 percent of Black or African American, 41.2 percent of the Asian alone and 26.4 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. 2005 American Community Survey.
