Census ACS 2023 · 267 cities

Most Educated Cities in Texas

Educational attainment is one of the strongest predictors of income and economic opportunity. In Texas, West University Place city has the highest bachelor's degree rate at 90.5%. Cities with more educated populations tend to attract knowledge-economy employers, have higher incomes, and offer more cultural amenities. Compare education levels across all 267 major cities in Texas.

Source: Census ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates

#	City	Bachelor's+	Median Income	Population
1	Wylie city	40.6%	$113,661	58,991
2	Wichita Falls city	25.0%	$58,568	102,558
3	White Settlement city	18.3%	$56,472	18,119
4	West University Place city	90.5%	$250,001	14,907
5	West Odessa Cdp	16.5%	$65,782	31,985
6	Weslaco city	23.2%	$54,995	41,437
7	Wells Branch Cdp	47.2%	$64,345	14,156
8	Webster city	34.5%	$62,536	12,283
9	Weatherford city	28.6%	$78,738	33,924
10	Waxahachie city	28.1%	$82,449	43,591
11	Watauga city	25.9%	$91,669	23,336
12	Waco city	28.6%	$51,468	141,925
13	Victoria city	20.1%	$68,233	65,514
14	Uvalde city	16.3%	$50,967	15,344
15	University Park city	90.4%	$250,001	25,104
16	Universal City city	33.3%	$75,439	19,853
17	Tyler city	30.7%	$65,527	107,718
18	Trophy Club town	68.4%	$193,026	13,454
19	Town of Pecos city	7.2%	$56,361	11,485
20	Tomball city	32.1%	$71,426	13,032
21	Timberwood Park Cdp	58.3%	$147,471	34,980
22	The Woodlands Cdp	65.1%	$141,353	116,916
23	The Colony city	47.7%	$111,090	44,916
24	Texas City city	19.7%	$65,447	54,159
25	Texarkana city	24.3%	$49,240	36,039
26	Terrell city	16.5%	$63,795	19,019
27	Temple city	29.5%	$64,945	86,358
28	Taylor city	18.6%	$71,665	16,767
29	Sweetwater city	11.0%	$45,720	10,484
30	Sulphur Springs city	19.0%	$56,457	16,185
31	Sugar Land city	62.4%	$137,511	109,735
32	Stephenville city	33.5%	$55,504	21,345
33	Steiner Ranch Cdp	74.8%	$195,181	18,683
34	Stafford city	40.7%	$85,910	17,279
35	Spring Cdp	25.4%	$86,888	67,103
36	Southlake city	74.7%	$250,001	31,044
37	South Houston city	9.2%	$52,611	16,017
38	Socorro city	10.3%	$52,100	36,237
39	Snyder city	15.2%	$54,067	11,310
40	Sienna Cdp	64.4%	$171,709	25,025
41	Sherman city	23.1%	$60,935	45,036
42	Selma city	41.1%	$97,153	11,302
43	Seguin city	20.1%	$61,896	31,789
44	Seagoville city	11.2%	$68,020	18,968
45	Seabrook city	39.8%	$109,489	13,617
46	Schertz city	40.2%	$96,633	43,128
47	Scenic Oaks Cdp	58.6%	$178,125	10,727
48	Santa Fe city	16.9%	$95,815	12,828
49	San Marcos city	37.3%	$51,030	68,920
50	San Juan city	14.4%	$53,440	35,674
51	San Elizario city	5.0%	$47,946	10,123
52	San Benito city	13.2%	$41,445	24,677
53	San Antonio city	28.7%	$62,917	1,458,954
54	San Angelo city	24.9%	$64,146	99,507
55	Saginaw city	25.9%	$98,003	24,467
56	Sachse city	47.4%	$130,839	29,075
57	Royse City city	29.2%	$116,424	17,357
58	Rowlett city	38.2%	$113,600	64,139
59	Round Rock city	43.6%	$97,187	124,288
60	Rosenberg city	22.3%	$64,897	39,467
61	Roma city	16.1%	$27,741	11,543
62	Rockwall city	49.2%	$114,926	49,605
63	Rockport city	37.4%	$63,303	10,449
64	Robstown city	7.2%	$39,124	10,222
65	Robinson city	21.5%	$95,579	12,668
66	Rio Grande City city	18.1%	$41,369	15,258
67	Richmond city	20.3%	$68,564	12,117
68	Richardson city	56.2%	$96,257	118,269
69	Rendon Cdp	26.2%	$107,618	15,894
70	Red Oak city	36.1%	$104,125	15,909
71	Raymondville city	8.1%	$42,148	10,243
72	Prosper town	63.5%	$187,603	34,567
73	Princeton city	28.3%	$96,766	20,966
74	Portland city	24.7%	$81,944	20,369
75	Port Neches city	28.7%	$84,335	13,627
76	Port Lavaca city	13.8%	$65,395	11,410
77	Port Arthur city	11.2%	$45,752	55,779
78	Pleasanton city	22.7%	$65,602	10,854
79	Plano city	59.2%	$108,649	287,339
80	Plainview city	15.7%	$45,991	19,893
81	Pharr city	17.5%	$49,884	79,809
82	Pflugerville city	41.2%	$112,656	65,162
83	Pecan Grove Cdp	45.2%	$137,275	24,798
84	Pearland city	47.4%	$112,470	125,983
85	Pasadena city	16.1%	$64,270	149,345
86	Paris city	20.2%	$45,439	24,678
87	Pampa city	15.5%	$53,458	16,735
88	Palmview city	13.7%	$46,274	15,650
89	Palestine city	16.3%	$46,228	18,888
90	Orange city	18.7%	$60,183	19,178
91	Odessa city	18.3%	$73,030	114,080
92	North Richland Hills city	36.2%	$93,434	70,338
93	New Braunfels city	38.6%	$88,257	98,700
94	Nederland city	25.2%	$75,502	18,475
95	Nacogdoches city	28.5%	$38,855	32,104
96	Murphy city	56.9%	$165,109	21,001
97	Mount Pleasant city	12.0%	$53,039	16,061
98	Missouri City city	41.8%	$96,746	75,234
99	Mission city	29.0%	$60,813	86,234
100	Mission Bend Cdp	23.7%	$72,492	37,280
101	Mineral Wells city	13.3%	$54,210	15,130
102	Midlothian city	35.2%	$122,643	37,256
103	Midland city	33.7%	$91,169	133,998
104	Mesquite city	18.5%	$71,843	148,848
105	Mercedes city	14.9%	$41,753	16,449
106	Melissa city	52.2%	$137,875	17,497
107	McKinney city	52.6%	$120,273	202,314
108	McAllen city	32.0%	$60,165	143,789
109	Marshall city	19.9%	$49,817	23,646
110	Manvel city	37.8%	$113,938	12,873
111	Mansfield city	43.2%	$116,590	75,398
112	Manor city	36.4%	$86,477	16,917
113	Lumberton city	27.5%	$104,551	13,803
114	Lufkin city	21.8%	$56,722	34,158
115	Lubbock city	34.9%	$60,487	261,078
116	Longview city	22.8%	$62,488	82,765
117	Lockhart city	16.7%	$67,252	14,708
118	Live Oak city	35.1%	$78,092	15,875
119	Little Elm city	40.6%	$116,036	51,426
120	Lewisville city	39.4%	$85,002	128,313
121	Levelland city	16.5%	$51,847	12,565
122	Leon Valley city	32.0%	$57,695	11,479
123	Leander city	52.3%	$140,180	67,880
124	League City city	48.0%	$119,870	114,885
125	Laredo city	21.5%	$63,264	255,949
126	Lantana Cdp	72.8%	$200,147	12,583
127	Lancaster city	25.7%	$67,584	40,753
128	Lakeway city	73.7%	$164,978	19,130
129	Lake Jackson city	28.6%	$89,623	27,902
130	La Porte city	18.5%	$81,801	36,077
131	La Marque city	23.1%	$70,632	18,833
132	La Homa Cdp	7.5%	$41,198	11,389
133	Kyle city	32.4%	$89,645	52,439
134	Kingsville city	22.5%	$55,649	25,061
135	Killeen city	22.0%	$58,339	156,144
136	Kilgore city	19.7%	$58,141	13,444
137	Kerrville city	32.4%	$59,431	24,532
138	Keller city	60.1%	$172,654	45,598
139	Katy city	47.1%	$107,332	23,900
140	Jacksonville city	23.4%	$50,469	14,186
141	Irving city	41.6%	$79,641	255,036
142	Iowa Colony village	44.1%	$126,167	11,028
143	Hutto city	34.1%	$115,149	32,188
144	Hurst city	33.2%	$71,743	39,912
145	Huntsville city	24.8%	$45,401	46,917
146	Humble city	13.1%	$52,927	16,489
147	Houston city	36.0%	$62,894	2,300,419
148	Hornsby Bend Cdp	31.2%	$88,317	12,021
149	Horizon City city	22.5%	$65,702	23,069
150	Highland Village city	55.1%	$164,459	16,004
151	Hidalgo city	23.5%	$53,667	14,250
152	Hewitt city	37.0%	$83,798	16,244
153	Hereford city	10.1%	$51,799	14,874
154	Henderson city	21.3%	$54,179	13,348
155	Heath city	60.6%	$216,160	10,218
156	Heartland Cdp	32.9%	$107,165	11,019
157	Harlingen city	21.7%	$55,891	71,669
158	Harker Heights city	32.1%	$82,685	33,595
159	Haltom City city	12.2%	$56,156	45,681
160	Groves city	12.9%	$70,485	17,021
161	Greenville city	21.4%	$63,574	29,936
162	Grapevine city	57.5%	$111,438	50,875
163	Grand Prairie city	29.1%	$78,889	198,564
164	Granbury city	30.4%	$68,839	11,665
165	Glenn Heights city	25.5%	$79,739	17,175
166	Georgetown city	47.2%	$91,857	78,803
167	Gatesville city	8.9%	$54,802	16,058
168	Garland city	25.0%	$74,717	245,298
169	Galveston city	33.7%	$57,216	53,348
170	Galena Park city	8.5%	$54,167	10,527
171	Gainesville city	19.6%	$56,341	17,688
172	Fulshear city	68.4%	$178,398	26,986
173	Frisco city	66.0%	$146,158	210,238
174	Friendswood city	49.6%	$125,052	40,827
175	Fresno Cdp	24.5%	$89,442	24,087
176	Freeport city	7.1%	$53,606	10,639
177	Fredericksburg city	39.6%	$57,474	11,254
178	Four Corners Cdp	33.7%	$72,853	11,490
179	Fort Worth city	31.7%	$76,602	941,311
180	Fort Hood Cdp	27.2%	$59,661	25,786
181	Fort Bliss Cdp	30.4%	$55,267	12,009
182	Forney city	35.0%	$103,360	28,222
183	Forest Hill city	12.4%	$59,653	13,923
184	Flower Mound town	64.3%	$157,737	77,886
185	Fate city	41.1%	$129,500	20,757
186	Farmers Branch city	48.2%	$87,702	36,254
187	Fairview town	61.7%	$107,308	10,570
188	Fair Oaks Ranch city	68.0%	$168,309	10,630
189	Euless city	39.4%	$80,987	60,373
190	Ennis city	19.9%	$72,772	21,546
191	Elgin city	22.5%	$85,666	10,996
192	El Paso city	27.5%	$58,734	678,147
193	El Campo city	15.0%	$67,356	12,220
194	Edinburg city	28.9%	$57,789	102,561
195	Eagle Pass city	23.2%	$54,952	28,186
196	Duncanville city	23.7%	$71,381	39,879
197	Dumas city	12.0%	$62,129	14,362
198	Donna city	11.9%	$38,082	16,774
199	Dickinson city	24.1%	$82,018	21,612
200	DeSoto city	29.9%	$83,256	55,896
201	Denton city	41.9%	$73,719	146,987
202	Denison city	18.5%	$60,821	25,347
203	Del Rio city	20.8%	$59,588	34,638
204	Deer Park city	25.5%	$95,233	33,823
205	Dallas city	37.4%	$67,760	1,299,553
206	Crowley city	26.7%	$92,599	19,007
207	Corsicana city	16.5%	$51,240	25,344
208	Corpus Christi city	24.3%	$66,325	317,383
209	Corinth city	43.6%	$118,949	22,868
210	Copperas Cove city	21.2%	$68,900	37,149
211	Coppell city	68.1%	$139,227	42,029
212	Converse city	32.9%	$88,060	28,764
213	Conroe city	33.6%	$75,245	96,976
214	Colleyville city	70.3%	$203,566	25,906
215	College Station city	57.1%	$51,776	122,280
216	Clute city	17.1%	$66,224	10,650
217	Cloverleaf Cdp	9.8%	$56,371	24,630
218	Cleburne city	18.0%	$66,324	32,966
219	Cinco Ranch Cdp	70.8%	$157,395	19,139
220	Cibolo city	40.1%	$125,230	33,829
221	Channelview Cdp	14.4%	$65,775	43,536
222	Celina city	54.3%	$155,875	27,141
223	Cedar Park city	55.2%	$123,972	77,474
224	Cedar Hill city	30.9%	$90,608	48,547
225	Carrollton city	43.3%	$99,115	132,741
226	Canyon Lake Cdp	36.1%	$93,114	32,924
227	Canyon city	43.3%	$68,233	15,398
228	Burleson city	30.8%	$94,162	50,981
229	Burkburnett city	20.9%	$65,796	11,012
230	Buda city	49.8%	$111,179	15,487
231	Bryan city	28.8%	$56,861	86,169
232	Brushy Creek Cdp	57.0%	$137,630	20,953
233	Brownwood city	18.7%	$47,821	18,805
234	Brownsville city	22.3%	$48,675	188,023
235	Brenham city	30.1%	$57,207	18,086
236	Borger city	17.0%	$59,031	12,398
237	Bonham city	15.8%	$53,232	10,594
238	Boerne city	47.0%	$86,838	19,509
239	Big Spring city	14.0%	$70,532	24,769
240	Benbrook city	44.4%	$82,148	24,430
241	Belton city	30.9%	$63,544	23,769
242	Bellmead city	13.4%	$54,048	10,550
243	Bellaire city	81.7%	$236,311	17,116
244	Beeville city	9.8%	$51,250	13,518
245	Bedford city	40.9%	$81,393	49,191
246	Beaumont city	25.2%	$57,530	113,710
247	Baytown city	15.0%	$61,699	84,538
248	Bay City city	20.5%	$51,898	17,816
249	Bastrop city	30.6%	$70,625	10,484
250	Balch Springs city	11.4%	$70,528	27,181
251	Azle city	22.4%	$81,200	13,734
252	Austin city	58.2%	$91,461	967,862
253	Athens city	21.9%	$70,601	13,013
254	Atascocita Cdp	38.0%	$114,443	93,926
255	Arlington city	33.1%	$73,519	394,769
256	Anna city	35.2%	$99,375	20,975
257	Angleton city	20.3%	$83,981	19,597
258	Andrews city	22.2%	$78,896	13,416
259	Amarillo city	25.1%	$62,469	200,945
260	Alvin city	18.8%	$68,769	27,700
261	Alton city	12.9%	$48,777	19,205
262	Allen city	56.1%	$129,130	107,684
263	Alice city	12.6%	$46,963	17,797
264	Aldine Cdp	4.6%	$40,916	15,434
265	Alamo city	15.1%	$54,234	20,008
266	Addison town	61.5%	$82,858	17,128
267	Abilene city	27.1%	$62,720	127,130

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Frequently Asked Questions

West University Place city is the #1 ranked city in Texas by bachelor's degree rate, with a value of 90.5% according to Census ACS 2023 data.

Texas has 267 cities with 10,000+ population tracked in Census ACS 2023 data.

All data comes from the American Community Survey (ACS) 2023 5-Year estimates by the US Census Bureau.

Sources: US Census Bureau ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates

Data from the American Community Survey 2023 5-Year estimates. Covers cities with populations of 10,000 or more in Texas.