Higher Education in the College Station-Bryan, TX Metro Area

From 2000, the College Station-Bryan metro area has decreased in the percent of the population that is over the age of 25 with a BA or Higher. This population cohort has declined by 1.0 percent to a total of 36 percent in 2005. According to the American Community Survey, the proportion of the population in 2005 with a BA or Higher is greater than the State of Texas percent of 25.2 and greater than the US percent of 27.2.

In 2005, the American Community Survey reported that in the College Station-Bryan, TX Metro Area, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 37.8 percent achieving this level. The female population in the College Station-Bryan metro area have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 37.8 percent (Men) versus 34.2 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 34.2 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of male population that is highly educated has decreased by 4.2 percent. As reported in 2005, 37.8 percent of area's male population (+25) achieved a BA or Higher. During the same period, the percent of women (+25) that have earned a BA or higher has increased by a total of 1.6 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 34.2 percent of the total female population achieved this high level of education.

In the College Station-Bryan, TX Metro Area as reported in the American Community Survey of the year 2005, 38.6 percent of the White Alone, 14.8 percent of Black or African American, . percent of the Asian alone and 14.8 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

College Station-Bryan, TX Metro Area may to understood as having a highly-educated working age population, with 36 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported in American Community Survey of 2005. The College Station-Bryan MSA counted a higher percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of Texas's proportion of 25.2 percent and a higher percent than the average across the nation of 27.2 percent.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Demographic Profile for College Station-Bryan, TX

In the year 2005, the U.S. Census Bureau estimates the median age in the College Station-Bryan metro area to be 26.8 years of age. The median age in College Station-Bryan is less than the median age in Texas of 33.2. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in the median age, at that time the median was 23.6 years old. With 19.2 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, College Station-Bryan can be described as having a medium-high percent of people under 18. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-low presence of the population, with 61.6 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 13.4 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other metro areas in the US, this represents a medium-low proportion of the area population base.

Since 2000, a very high number of individuals have migrated into the College Station-Bryan metro area, with 6,402 people migrating in internationally. The international migration into College Station-Bryan totals 1 percent of immigration into the State of Texas. This amount of international migration is very high when compared to international migration per 2005 population.

The College Station-Bryan metropolitan statistical area (MSA) has a population that is comprised of 64.1 percent White, 11.8 percent African American, 3.7 percent Asian, and 19 percent Hispanic. The area can be described as having a high amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 34.5 percent of the population being minorities. This is less than the State of Texas percent of 49.5. Since 2000, College Station-Bryan has increased the percent of minority population when 33.0 percent of the total population were minorities.

The College Station-Bryan metro area had a population of 189,735 in 2005. The estimated population has increased, from the population in the year 2000 of 185,113. This growth shows an increase of 2.5 percent. College Station-Bryan ranks 18 of 25 MSAs when analyzing total population change in Texas and the metro area ranks 245 of 361 metro areas by growth in MSA population in the United States.

When measuring the total land area, the College Station-Bryan metro area encompasses a total area of 2106 total square miles. The area has a medium-low population density of 90 persons per square mile, in 2005. Similar metro areas, in terms of density, in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Charlottesville (90 per sq. mile ), Danville (92 per sq. mile ), Bakersfield (93 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Texarkana (89 per sq. mile ), Bellingham (87 per sq. mile ), Winchester (86 per sq. mile ).

Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.