College Graduates in Texas Cities

Texas Cities by Educational Attainment

Texas Cities by Educational Attainment
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College Graduates in Texas Cities
State Rank	City*Cities with more than 20,000 residents. DFW cities are indicated in bold text.	Total Population	Population, 25 Years and Over	College Graduates**College graduates include individuals 25 years and over with a bachelor’s degree or higher.	College Graduates**College graduates include individuals 25 years and over with a bachelor’s degree or higher., Percentage
State Rank
*	Cities with more than 20,000 residents. DFW [Dallas/Fort Worth] cities are indicated in bold text.
**	College graduates include individuals 25 years and over with a bachelor’s degree or higher.
Source:	U.S. Census Bureau American Communities Survey, 2014-2018 Average.
1	University Park	24,954	13,658	11,921	87%
2	Coppell	41,512	28,532	19,584	69%
3	Southlake	30,840	19,219	13,114	68%
4	Colleyville	26,037	18,388	12,064	66%
5	The Woodlands	109,843	73,818	48,036	65%
6	Frisco	165,700	103,253	65,421	63%
7	Flower Mound	73,252	48,041	29,735	62%
8	Sugar Land	118,182	80,930	48,872	60%
9	College Station	110,782	48,291	27,878	58%
10	Plano	284,579	196,781	111,669	57%
11	Keller	46,175	30,280	17,162	57%
12	Murphy	20,528	12,809	7,140	56%
13	Allen	99,255	62,805	34,038	54%
14	Richardson	114,402	76,537	41,309	54%
15	Brushy Creek	20,024	12,863	6,935	54%
16	Timberwood Park	25,976	16,294	8,253	51%
17	Austin	935,755	641,967	323,589	50%
18	Cedar Park	72,415	46,415	22,823	49%
19	Friendswood	39,319	26,163	12,523	48%
20	Grapevine	52,486	35,018	16,243	46%
21	Pearland	117,867	76,754	35,434	46%
22	McKinney	173,460	109,490	50,081	46%
23	League City	100,832	64,701	28,927	45%
24	Missouri City	73,573	50,072	22,384	45%
25	Little Elm	42,889	26,601	11,276	42%
26	Rockwall	43,157	28,220	11,897	42%
27	Corinth	21,158	14,548	6,066	42%
28	Georgetown	66,804	48,965	20,178	41%
29	Mansfield	67,492	42,341	17,283	41%
30	Round Rock	120,157	75,617	30,770	41%
31	Leander	46,419	28,308	11,004	39%
32	Carrollton	133,438	90,607	35,150	39%
33	Cibolo	27,963	16,823	6,493	39%
34	Bedford	49,306	35,891	13,814	38%
35	Denton	133,661	78,045	29,791	38%
36	Farmers Branch	35,552	24,342	9,216	38%
37	The Colony	42,215	29,487	10,980	37%
38	Atascocita	79,019	50,114	18,626	37%
39	Pflugerville	59,757	39,823	14,626	37%
40	Irving	238,637	151,268	54,906	36%
41	Schertz	38,991	25,653	9,310	36%
42	Wylie	49,248	29,662	10,708	36%
43	Benbrook	22,961	16,404	5,898	36%
44	Harker Heights	30,251	19,169	6,824	36%
45	Euless	55,047	38,633	13,452	35%
46	Rowlett	62,127	42,058	14,431	34%
47	Lewisville	104,789	69,415	23,814	34%
48	Lake Jackson	27,377	17,889	6,103	34%
49	North Richland Hills	69,800	47,143	15,899	34%
50	San Marcos	61,751	28,807	9,687	34%
51	Stephenville	20,396	9,996	3,333	33%
52	Dallas	1,318,806	851,844	275,357	32%
53	New Braunfels	74,587	49,642	16,020	32%
54	Sachse	25,133	16,418	5,295	32%
55	Houston	2,295,982	1,489,736	478,845	32%
56	Kyle	39,857	24,859	7,927	32%
57	McAllen	141,597	86,882	26,392	30%
58	Lubbock	250,415	144,532	43,763	30%
59	Cedar Hill	48,704	30,104	9,000	30%
60	Fresno	24,607	14,097	4,194	30%
61	Midlothian	23,908	14,630	4,312	29%
62	Arlington	392,462	247,318	72,861	29%
63	Canyon Lake	25,104	18,739	5,512	29%
64	Galveston	50,039	35,565	10,333	29%
65	Midland	135,134	85,105	24,495	29%
66	Hurst	38,986	26,222	7,509	29%
67	Fort Worth	855,786	531,316	151,972	29%
68	Nacogdoches	33,610	16,182	4,609	28%
69	Universal City	20,265	13,775	3,885	28%
70	DeSoto	53,030	35,143	9,877	28%
71	Temple	73,143	46,781	13,124	28%
72	Tyler	103,721	65,473	18,361	28%
73	Hutto	23,980	14,913	4,133	28%
74	Kerrville	23,216	16,510	4,482	27%
75	Burleson	44,629	28,602	7,456	26%
76	Edinburg	94,019	52,659	13,689	26%
77	Bryan	83,199	50,876	13,223	26%
78	San Antonio	1,486,521	950,165	245,913	26%
79	Belton	21,123	11,365	2,940	26%
80	Conroe	80,893	52,354	13,386	26%
81	Mission	83,709	46,860	11,701	25%
82	El Paso	680,354	421,526	103,938	25%
83	San Angelo	99,634	62,754	15,322	24%
84	Weatherford	29,739	19,685	4,764	24%
85	Texarkana	37,277	24,206	5,853	24%
86	Beaumont	118,632	75,794	18,298	24%
87	Spring	58,756	37,648	9,084	24%
88	Converse	26,246	15,393	3,702	24%
89	Wichita Falls	104,494	65,017	15,581	24%
90	Waco	133,964	74,331	17,758	24%
91	Kingsville	25,782	13,635	3,257	24%
92	Mission Bend	39,291	24,641	5,820	24%
93	Saginaw	22,873	14,790	3,474	23%
94	Amarillo	198,773	126,337	29,489	23%
95	Grand Prairie	191,104	118,069	27,372	23%
96	Duncanville	39,630	25,071	5,808	23%
97	Dickinson	20,529	14,012	3,231	23%
98	Garland	237,982	150,533	34,361	23%
99	Huntsville	41,079	24,055	5,460	23%
100	Abilene	123,676	75,648	17,032	23%
101	Waxahachie	34,285	21,596	4,838	22%
102	Corpus Christi	324,692	210,861	46,475	22%
103	Lufkin	35,874	23,042	4,950	21%
104	Weslaco	39,871	23,187	4,858	21%
105	Victoria	66,939	42,605	8,919	21%
106	Longview	82,256	52,947	10,939	21%
107	Deer Park	33,935	21,667	4,369	20%
108	Sherman	41,149	26,011	5,151	20%
109	Greenville	26,900	17,568	3,473	20%
110	Watauga	24,526	15,173	2,957	19%
111	Denison	23,820	16,468	3,203	19%
112	Killeen	143,070	83,194	16,060	19%
113	Lancaster	39,162	23,138	4,447	19%
114	Odessa	118,582	70,884	13,493	19%
115	Copperas Cove	32,731	20,824	3,954	19%
116	Rosenberg	36,509	21,586	4,091	19%
117	Brownsville	182,679	103,947	19,631	19%
118	Laredo	257,575	142,060	26,825	19%
119	Del Rio	35,921	22,189	4,174	19%
120	Plainview	20,714	12,465	2,285	18%
121	Fort Hood	25,365	8,658	1,571	18%
122	Mesquite	144,250	87,036	15,690	18%
123	La Porte	35,386	24,050	4,270	18%
124	Marshall	23,315	14,735	2,610	18%
125	Harlingen	65,449	38,663	6,788	18%
126	Alvin	26,154	16,509	2,746	17%
127	Seguin	28,357	18,605	3,074	17%
128	Cleburne	29,878	19,163	3,092	16%
129	Eagle Pass	29,151	16,528	2,615	16%
130	Baytown	76,581	46,940	7,208	15%
131	Pharr	77,835	42,818	6,433	15%
132	Texas City	47,902	31,764	4,614	15%
133	Paris	24,842	16,766	2,403	14%
134	Pasadena	154,193	92,243	13,086	14%
135	Corsicana	23,736	14,830	2,059	14%
136	San Juan	36,740	20,636	2,823	14%
137	Cloverleaf	24,953	14,092	1,926	14%
138	Port Arthur	55,249	34,932	4,138	12%
139	Big Spring	28,367	18,803	2,123	11%
140	Haltom City	44,275	27,044	3,029	11%
141	San Benito	24,466	14,323	1,594	11%
142	Channelview	41,930	23,447	1,866	8%
143	Balch Springs	25,312	13,499	921	7%
144	Socorro	33,923	19,572	1,293	7%
145	West Odessa	26,278	14,882	894	6%

Notes:

Size of markers corresponds to the size of the city’s population 25 years and over.
Due to rounding, percentages may not sum to 100%, and “0%” could represent any percentage from 0 to 0.49%.
Field of Bachelor’s Degree refers to the field of the individual’s first bachelor’s degree:
- Science and engineering fields include computers, mathematics, and statistics; biological, agricultural, and environmental sciences; physical and related sciences; psychology; social sciences; engineering; and multidisciplinary science studies.
- * Science and engineering related fields include, inter alia, nursing, pre-med, physical therapy, mathematics teacher education, and mechanical engineering technology.
- Business fields include, inter alia, business administration, accounting, and human resources development.
- Education fields include, inter alia, early childhood education, higher education administration, and special education.
- Arts, humanities, and other fields include literature and languages; liberal arts and history; visual and performing arts; communications; and others such as public administration, pre-law, and kinesiology.
More information about field classifications can be found in the American Communities Survey 2018 Subject Definitions guide.

Source:
U.S. Census Bureau American Communities Survey, 2014-2018 Average.

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