Higher Education in Aransas County, Texas

In Aransas County, Texas as reported in the 2000 Census, 18 percent of the White Alone, 1.8 percent of Black or African American, 6.2 percent of the Asian alone and 5 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Aransas County, Texas may to understood as having a moderately-educated 2000 population, with 16.6 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Aransas has a lower percent of population with this high education level than the State of Texas's proportion of 23.2 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.

In 2000, the Census reported that in Aransas County, Texas, the largest educational attainment category for men is the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 29.2 percent reaching this education level. The female population in Aransas have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 18.4 percent (Men) versus 15 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the High School Diploma category, with 30.6 percent of the female population achieving this education level.





Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.