Educational attainment - persons 25 years and over - percent bachelor's degree or higher, 2006-2010 - (Percent)
County
Value
Adams
21.5
Antelope
16.5
Arthur
17.9
Banner
25.1
Blaine
19.8
Boone
15.8
Box Butte
19.5
Boyd
13.2
Brown
16.8
Buffalo
32.0
Burt
18.3
Butler
15.7
Cass
23.5
Cedar
15.1
Chase
14.6
Cherry
22.6
Cheyenne
27.1
Clay
16.4
Colfax
12.7
Cuming
15.7
Custer
18.0
Dakota
10.8
Dawes
36.5
Dawson
14.7
Deuel
18.2
Dixon
13.0
Dodge
17.3
Douglas
35.8
Dundy
25.9
Fillmore
17.6
Franklin
16.3
Frontier
19.8
Furnas
16.3
Gage
19.1
Garden
20.2
Garfield
13.8
Gosper
16.4
Grant
17.3
Greeley
12.5
Hall
16.3
Hamilton
21.8
Harlan
16.9
Hayes
16.6
Hitchcock
13.7
Holt
16.1
Hooker
22.1
Howard
13.9
Jefferson
14.7
Johnson
11.8
Kearney
25.0
Keith
19.5
Keya Paha
14.0
Kimball
19.8
Knox
17.5
Lancaster
35.3
Lincoln
19.0
Logan
18.8
Loup
10.0
Madison
20.0
McPherson
24.3
Merrick
13.5
Morrill
21.0
Nance
11.6
Nemaha
23.0
Nuckolls
12.4
Otoe
21.5
Pawnee
14.8
Perkins
18.4
Phelps
22.7
Pierce
14.3
Platte
18.9
Polk
16.1
Red Willow
21.6
Richardson
15.2
Rock
23.3
Saline
15.3
Sarpy
36.1
Saunders
23.7
Scotts Bluff
19.5
Seward
27.3
Sheridan
22.6
Sherman
15.7
Sioux
26.0
Stanton
12.0
Thayer
16.1
Thomas
16.2
Thurston
13.2
Valley
17.1
Washington
29.1
Wayne
28.0
Webster
12.7
Wheeler
23.5
York
21.5
Value for Nebraska (Percent): 27.7%
Data item: Educational attainment - persons 25 years and over - percent bachelor's degree or higher, 2006-2010
Source: U. S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 5-Year Estimates. Updated every year. http://factfinder2.census.gov
Definitions:
High School Graduates include people whose highest degree was a high school diploma or its equivalent, people who attended college but did not receive a degree, and people who received an associate�s, bachelor�s, master�s, or professional or doctorate degree. People who reported completing the 12th grade but not receiving a diploma are not included.
Persons with a Bachelor's Degree or Higher are those who have received a bachelor's degree from a college or university, or a master's, professional, or doctorate degree.
These data include only persons 25 years old and over. The percentages are obtained by dividing the counts of graduates by the total number of persons 25 years old and over.
Scope and Methodology:
These data are collected in the American Community Survey (ACS). The data are estimates and are subject to sampling variability. The data for each geographic area are presented together with margins of error at factfinder2.census.gov. The data are period estimates, that is, they represent the characteristics of the population over a specific 60-month data collection period.
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