Education Education Attainment by Race & Ethnicity With Bachelor ’ s Degree or Higher , 2017 Education Compared to the U . S .
Education Comparison
60 % 50 % 40 % 30 % 20 % 10 % 0 %
41.7 %
46.5 % 36.8 %
30.1 %
43.8 %
62.0 %
48.4 % 44.0 %
22.9 %
29.3 %
Arlington
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White Black Mixed / Other
Pacific Islander ( U . S . -Born)
( Immigrant ) Source : PolicyLink / USC Equity Research Institute , National Equity Atlas , www . nationalequityatlas . org .
U . S .
15.8 %
10.3 %
Education Education Attainment by Race & Ethnicity With Bachelor ’ s Degree or Higher , 2017 Education Compared to the U . S .
Compared to the U . S . as a whole , the percent of the population with a Bachelor ’ s degree or higher in Arlington is higher for Black and Mixed / Other residents , but lower for Whites , Asian or Pacific Islanders , and Latinos . The greatest difference in educational attainment by race between the U . S . and Arlington is for Asian and Pacific Islanders , where Arlington ’ s total population with a Bachelor ’ s degree or higher is 43.8 percent , compared to 62 percent for the U . S . as a whole .
In terms of the percent of the population with an Associate ’ s degree or higher compared to the top 100 most populated U . S . cities , Arlington ranks # 79 .
# 1 Irvine , CA : 73.0 %
Percent of Population with Associate ’ s Degree or Higher - Top 100 Cities , 2017
# 79 Arlington , TX : 32.6 % # 100 San Bernardino , CA : 14.3 %
Source : PolicyLink / USC Equity Research Institute , National Equity Atlas , www . nationalequityatlas . org .
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