The study investigated educational attainment as critical characteristic for successful female entrepreneurs in the Niger Delta. One research question was posed to guide the study while a hypothesis was formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. A total of 245 female entrepreneurs were studied. The instrument for the study was titled Educational Attainment as Critical Characteristic for Successful Female Entrepreneurs in the Niger Delta (EACCSFENDQ). The EACCSFENDQ was a modified four point Likert scale, designed as Highly Important = 4 points, Important = 3 points, Moderately Important = 2 points and Not Important = 1 point, with 12 question items. Part A of the instrument has three question items, while Part B has nine question items to elicit answers to the research question. The validity was done by twenty (25) female entrepreneurs other than those used for the study and a reliability coefficient (r) yielded a correction of 0.78. Mean rating and standard deviation was used to analyze the research questions and t-test for large group mean was used to test the hypothesis. Analysis was done using Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS). Finding revealed that educational attainment is an important critical characteristic for successful entrepreneurship. The finding also revealed that experienced and inexperienced successful female entrepreneurs in the Niger Delta do not significantly differ in their mean rating of educational attainment. Based on the findings of the study, the researcher recommended amongst others that educational sector and Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) should organize seminars in all states and local governments that make up the Niger Delta in order to create awareness among entrepreneurs about the importance of educational attainment for successful entrepreneurship business, female entrepreneurs who have succeeded through educational attainment should ensure that the need and purpose of educational attainment is emphasized in entrepreneurship business.

The study investigated educational attainment as critical characteristic for successful female entrepreneurs in the Niger Delta. One research question was posed to guide the study while a hypothesis was formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. A total of 245 female entrepreneurs were ...