Higher Education in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area can be considered to have a less-educated 2005 population, with 13.6 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported in American Community Survey of 2005. The Brownsville-Harlingen MSA counted a lower percent of the population with at least a Bachelors than the State of Texas's proportion of 25.2 percent and a lower percent than the US proportion of 27.2 percent.
From the years 2000 to 2005, the proportion of the male population that could be considered highly educated has increased by 0.6 percent. By 2005, 15.6 percent of the total male population, in the area, has obtained at least a Bachelors Degree. From 2000 to 2005, the percent of women with a Bachelors or Higher has decreased by a total of 0.2 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 12 percent of the total female population achieved this high level of education.
Since the year 2000, the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area 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 0.2 percent to a total of 13.6 percent in 2005, according to the American Community Survey. The 2005 proportion of highly educated population is less than the State of Texas percent of 25.2 and less than the average US percent of 27.2.
Reported by the 2005 American Community Survey in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area, the largest educational attainment category for men is the Less than High School category, with 36 percent achieving this level. The female population in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 15.6 percent (Men) versus 12 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is Less than High School category, with 41.2 percent of the female population achieving this education level.
In the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area according the 2005 American Community Survey, 14 percent of the White Alone, . percent of Black or African American, . percent of the Asian alone and 9.8 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
From the years 2000 to 2005, the proportion of the male population that could be considered highly educated has increased by 0.6 percent. By 2005, 15.6 percent of the total male population, in the area, has obtained at least a Bachelors Degree. From 2000 to 2005, the percent of women with a Bachelors or Higher has decreased by a total of 0.2 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 12 percent of the total female population achieved this high level of education.
Since the year 2000, the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area 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 0.2 percent to a total of 13.6 percent in 2005, according to the American Community Survey. The 2005 proportion of highly educated population is less than the State of Texas percent of 25.2 and less than the average US percent of 27.2.
Reported by the 2005 American Community Survey in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area, the largest educational attainment category for men is the Less than High School category, with 36 percent achieving this level. The female population in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 15.6 percent (Men) versus 12 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is Less than High School category, with 41.2 percent of the female population achieving this education level.
In the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area according the 2005 American Community Survey, 14 percent of the White Alone, . percent of Black or African American, . percent of the Asian alone and 9.8 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
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