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Education Attainment by Race and Ethnicity

Educational Attainment

Education
Educational Attainment by Race & Ethnicity , 2017
31.8 %
27.2 %
36.6 %
31.4 %
15.5 %
7.4 %
7.3 % 3.1 % 8.8 %
9.9 %
9.6 %
7.2 %
17.0 %
26.0 %
24.2 %
28.6 %
31.0 %
18.5 %
20.5 %
33.4 %
21.0 %
56.7 %
23.7 %
27.1 %
23.8 %
16.8 %
17.7 %
6.0 %
5.2 %
7.3 %
White
Black
Asian or Pacific Islander
Mixed / other
La�no , U . S . -born
La�no , immigrant
Less than High School
High School Graduate
Some College
Associate ' s Degree
Bachelor ' s Degree or Higher
Source : PolicyLink / USC Equity Research Institute , National Equity Atlas , www . nationalequityatlas . org .

Education Attainment by Race and Ethnicity

Asian or Pacific Islanders in Arlington are the most likely ethnoracial group to have a bachelor ’ s degree or higher ( 36.6 percent ), followed by White residents ( 31.8 percent ) and Mixed / Other residents ( 31.4 percent ). Those identifying as Latino are the least likely to have a bachelor ’ s degree or higher , and those who are foreign-born are half as likely as U . S . -born Latinos . Immigrant Latino residents represent the highest percentage of people with less than a high school degree , over three times that of the second-highest percentage ( U . S . -born Latinos , 17.7 percent ).
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Information is power . And , if you ’ re going to empower people , it ’ s also giving them the knowledge with the choices they have when they ’ re ready and willing to make those choices .
– an Arlington resident
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