How concentrated Texas colleges and universities really are, by metro
Texas higher education · Data as of
· ALEX Intelligence
73.0%Share of Texas Colleges and Universities in the Top Three Texas Metros — Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX, San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
#
Metro
Colleges and Universities
1
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
57
2
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
45
3
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
28
4
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
23
5
El Paso, TX
7
6
Abilene, TX
6
7
Corpus Christi, TX
5
8
Killeen-Temple, TX
4
9
Longview, TX
3
Methodology
Source:
U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022, NAICS 6113 (Colleges, universities, and professional schools)
Measure
Colleges and Universities, ranked highest first across Texas metropolitan areas
(9 ranked in total).
How the headline figure is computed
The top three units' combined count divided by the combined count of all 9 ranked units.
Universe
Texas metropolitan areas whose principal city is in the state where County Business Patterns reports at least one establishment in this industry. Nothing outside Texas is ranked.
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