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Educational Attainment Citywide

Education Overview

Education
Educational Attainment , 2017
32.2 %
Less than High School
High School Graduate
9.0 %
11.5 %
Educational Attainment Map for People of Color with a Bachelor ’ s degree or Higher by Census Tract , 2018
< 15 %
15 % - 20 %
20 % - 25 %
Some College
25 % - 30 %
Associate ' s Degree
> 30 %
Bachelor ' s Degree or Higher
21.3 %
26.1 %
Source : PolicyLink / USC Equity Research Institute , National Equity Atlas , www . nationalequityatlas . org .

Educational Attainment Citywide

The majority of Arlington ’ s population has at least some college education ( 67.3 percent ). Over a quarter of Arlington ’ s population has some college education but no degree , and almost a third have earned a bachelor ’ s degree or higher . Eleven percent do not have a high school degree .
For People of Color in Arlington , where you live appears to have some correlation with your degree of education . For all Census tracts in central-east Arlington , the percent of People of Color with a bachelor ’ s degree is less than 20 percent . This value generally increases the farther from East Arlington you go and is highest at the city ’ s southern , western , and northern edges , with greater than 30 percent of People of Color with a bachelor ’ s degree .
Source : U . S . Census Bureau , 2018 ACS 5-Year Estimates .
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