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 % |
|
|
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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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