BY THE NUMBERS
77384
1488
45
SOARING TO HIGHER HEIGHTS
77382
Higher education enrollment is anticipated to continue climbing through 2030 in TheWoodlands area, state data shows. Additionally, the percent of local high school students enrolled in career and technical education programs has grown since 2013, according to the Texas Education Agency, while the number of residents age 25 and older with a bachelor’s degree has also grown from2013-17, according to U.S. Census Bureau data for the seven area ZIP codes.
77385
77381
99 TOLL
77380
77389
77386
N
POPULATION WITH ASSOCIATE DEGREE AGE 25 AND OLDER
POPULATION WITH BACHELOR’S DEGREE OR HIGHER AGE 25 AND OLDER The percent of residents with a bachelor’s degree grew from2011-17 inmost ZIP codes.
2011 2017
Data shows how the percent of residents with associate degrees changed from2011-17.
43.2
38.4 40.6
37.9
35.9
31.1
27.2 29.4
28.7 26.9
28.2
25
21.9 21.8
11.6
8.6 9.6
8.6
8.9
8.6 7.4
7.9
8.3
7.5
5.9 5.2
6
5.2
77380 77381
77382 77384 77385 77386
77389
77380 77381
77382 77384 77385 77386 77389
NUMBER OF RESIDENTS ENROLLED IN 2017 About 84 percent and 81 percent, respectively, of higher education enrollment in Montgomery and Harris counties was in undergraduate studies in 2017.
FORECASTING CHANGING ENROLLMENT FROM 2015-30 By 2030, four-year and two-year institutions statewide are projected to increase enrollment about 22 percent, respectively, from2015.
Undergrad
Graduate
Four-year public universities in Texas
Two-year public colleges in Texas
Lone Star College-Montgomery
H ARRIS COUNTY
MONTGOMERY COUNTY 1,611 310 1,921 TOTAL STUDENTS ENROLLED
40%
40%
245,703
57,549
310
310 303,252
TOTAL STUDENTS ENROLLED
35%
BREAKING DOWN BACHELOR’S DEGREES The largest percentage of residents’ first bachelor’s degrees in Harris andMontgomery counties was in the science and engineering fields in 2017, according to census data.
Enrollment at Lone Star College-Montgomery is expected to climb 40% from2015-30, data shows.
30%
HARRIS COUNTY
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Science and engineering 35.5%
Science and engineering 38.51%
25%
22.5%
22.1%
20%
Business 24.33%
Business 24.79%
15%
Arts, humanities and other 18.3%
Arts, humanities and other 18.48%
10%
Education 10.13%
Education 13.79%
5%
Science and engineering- related fields 8.73%
Science and engineering- related fields 7.44%
*projected enrollment
0%
2015
2018
2019*
2020*
2025*
2030*
LOCAL GRADUATES ENROLLED AT LONE STAR COLLEGE A percentage of spring 2017 graduates fromhigh schools in Tomball andMagnolia ISDs attended LSCS campuses in fall 2017.
A LOOK AT CAREER & TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Enrollment in CTE programs has increased from2013-17.
Tomball ISD Magnolia ISD Conroe ISD
OAK RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL
22.2%
36%
29.6%
THE WOODLANDS COLLEGE PARK HIGH SCHOOL TOMBALL HIGH SCHOOL
32%
17%
27.9%
28%
16.5%
20.4%
24%
MAGNOLIA HIGH SCHOOL
16.6%
20%
16%
THE WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL
12%
0%
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
SOURCES:U.S.CENSUSBUREAU;TEXASEDUCATIONAGENCY;LONESTARCOLLEGESYSTEM;TEXASHIGHEREDUCATIONCOORDINATINGBOARD“ENROLLMENTFORECAST2019-2030,” JANUARY2019/COMMUNITY IMPACTNEWSPAPER
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