For the fifth year in a row, the San Antonio area ranks as Texas’ least-educated major metro, according to online finance blog WalletHub’s annual rankings.
This year, the San Antonio ranks 100 out of 150 American metros, a stark contrast to Austin’s ninth-place spot in the same study. Meanwhile, the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex came in at No. 67, while the Houston metro landed at No. 88.
WalletHub compiles its rankings using metrics including educational attainment, its measure of how many adults over the age of 25 have a high school diploma, college experience or an Associate’s Degree or higher.
The study also considers the quality of the public school systems, colleges, universities and summer learning opportunities as well as the size of the educational attainment gap by race and gender.
Overall, the Alamo City scored 47.88 out of 100 points, ranking 107 in Educational Attainment and 44 in the Quality of Education. That suggests our metro is capable of providing a quality education but lacks effective pathways for students to attain it.
Even so, it’s not so much about the overall educational attainment of a city’s population that makes it successful, but its ability to provide educational opportunities for residents, Lindsay Gold, an associate STEM professor at the University of Dayton, said in a statement.
“Rather than focusing solely on attracting individuals with advanced degrees, local leaders should create conditions that make their communities attractive to people at all stages of education and career development,” Gold said. “Investments in quality schools, affordable housing, safe neighborhoods, reliable infrastructure, workforce development programs and access to healthcare benefit everyone and help communities retain talent over time.”
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