Texas Higher Education Outcomes of Texas Public High School Graduates
(Academic Years 2002, 2003, and 2004 Combined) That Were Earned within Six
Years of their High School Graduation
There are two files on the higher education outcomes of Texas public high school
graduates. One file gives regional data; the other has data for individual high school with
more than ten graduates for AY 2002, 2003, and 2004 combined. Each file has two
spreadsheets that are described below. The high schools are listed by higher education
region. The regions in which counties fall are shown below the table descriptions.
Students who enrolled immediately after graduation at out-of-state institutions,
who enrolled at career colleges, or who had non-standard ID numbers that could not be
match to Texas higher education institutions’ data are only included in the high school
graduate figures.
High School Graduates Who Completed Bachelor’s Degrees within Six Years by
High School and Higher Education Region
The higher education graduation tables provide high school- and region-specific
data about college certificates and degrees earned by Texas public high school students
from Texas public and independent higher education institutions.
The following conditions apply to the data:
 Only awards earned within six years of high school graduation are
counted. This is true for all award and degree types and for students who
did not attend college immediately.
 The “Enrolled Immediately” columns provide the number of students who
entered college in the fall following the academic year of their high school
graduation. Summer enrollments are not included.
 School districts are assigned to the ten THECB regions by location. A list
of counties by region follows the table descriptions. Students are counted
in the THECB region to which the high school where they earned their
diploma belongs.
 If a student earned an associate’s degree or certificate in addition to a
bachelor’s degree, that award is counted in the Earned Assoc. or Earned
Cert. columns in the row where the bachelor’s degree granting institution
is listed. The associate’s degree could have been awarded by an Texas
institution.
 The “Did Not Earn Bachelor’s Degree” row provides data about the
number of high school graduates who did not earn a baccalaureate
degree but may have earned certificates or associate’s degrees.
 The region-level report provides a summary row called “Earned
Bachelor’s Degree.” Although this row is not included for high schoollevel data, bachelor’s degree counts can be easily determined by
subtracting students in the “Did Not Earn Bachelor’s Degrees” row from
the “District Totals” row. The difference is attributable to those HS
graduates who earned baccalaureate degrees.
 The “Percent of High School Graduates Who Earned Bac.” column is a
percentage of all high school graduates who received a bachelor’s
degree.
 Information about where students began their college education is
available at: http://www.txhighereddata.org/Interactive/HSCollLink.cfm by
county, school district and high school.
Summary Reports of High School Graduates by High School and Region Who
Completed Bachelor’s Degrees within Six Years by Institutions Awarding the
Degrees
The summary reports provides high school- and regional-level data about the
certificates and degrees earned by Texas public high school graduates based on time of
initial college enrollment. Bachelor’s degree counts and rates are provided for students
who enrolled immediately after high school graduation at a two-year institution, students
who enrolled immediately at a four-year institution, and all students. Students who did
not enroll immediately after high school graduation at a Texas public or independent
institution, as well as those who could not be found because of a non-standard ID or outof-state enrollment are combined in a single row.The number of certificates and
associate’s degrees earned is also provided.
The following conditions apply to the data:
 Only awards earned within six years of high school graduation are
counted. This is true for all award and degree types and for students who
did not attend college immediately.
 The “Enrolled Immediately” columns provide the number of students who
attended college in the fall immediately following high school graduation.
Summer enrollments are not included.
 School districts are assigned to the ten THECB regions by location.
Students are counted in the THECB region to which the high school
where they earned their diploma belongs. A list of counties by region
starts on the following page.
 Information about where students began their college education is
available at: http://www.txhighereddata.org/Interactive/HSCollLink.cfm by
county, school district and high school.
Texas Counties by Higher Education Regions
County
Anderson County
Andrews County
Angelina County
Aransas County
Archer County
Armstrong County
Atascosa County
Austin County
Bailey County
Bandera County
Bastrop County
Baylor County
Bee County
Bell County
Bexar County
Blanco County
Borden County
Bosque County
Bowie County
Brazoria County
Brazos County
Brewster County
Briscoe County
Brooks County
Brown County
Burleson County
Burnet County
Caldwell County
Calhoun County
Callahan County
Cameron County
Camp County
Carson County
Cass County
Castro County
Chambers County
Cherokee County
Childress County
Clay County
Higher Ed
Region No.
4
9
5
8
2
1
8
6
1
8
7
2
8
7
8
7
9
7
4
6
7
10
1
8
2
7
7
7
8
2
8
4
1
4
1
6
4
1
2
Higher Ed Region
Name
Upper East Texas
West Texas
Southeast Texas
South Texas
Northwest
High Plains
South Texas
Gulf Coast
High Plains
South Texas
Central Texas
Northwest
South Texas
Central Texas
South Texas
Central Texas
West Texas
Central Texas
Upper East Texas
Gulf Coast
Central Texas
Upper Rio Grande
High Plains
South Texas
Northwest
Central Texas
Central Texas
Central Texas
South Texas
Northwest
South Texas
Upper East Texas
High Plains
Upper East Texas
High Plains
Gulf Coast
Upper East Texas
High Plains
Northwest
County
Cochran County
Coke County
Coleman County
Collin County
Collingsworth County
Colorado County
Comal County
Comanche County
Concho County
Cooke County
Coryell County
Cottle County
Crane County
Crockett County
Crosby County
Culberson County
Dallam County
Dallas County
Dawson County
De Witt County
Deaf Smith County
Delta County
Denton County
Dickens County
Dimmit County
Donley County
Duval County
Eastland County
Ector County
Edwards County
El Paso County
Ellis County
Erath County
Falls County
Fannin County
Fayette County
Fisher County
Floyd County
Foard County
Fort Bend County
Franklin County
Higher Ed
Region No.
1
9
2
3
1
6
8
2
9
3
7
2
9
9
1
10
1
3
9
8
1
4
3
1
8
1
8
2
9
8
10
3
3
7
3
7
2
1
2
6
4
Higher Ed Region
Name
High Plains
West Texas
Northwest
Metroplex
High Plains
Gulf Coast
South Texas
Northwest
West Texas
Metroplex
Central Texas
Northwest
West Texas
West Texas
High Plains
Upper Rio Grande
High Plains
Metroplex
West Texas
South Texas
High Plains
Upper East Texas
Metroplex
High Plains
South Texas
High Plains
South Texas
Northwest
West Texas
South Texas
Upper Rio Grande
Metroplex
Metroplex
Central Texas
Metroplex
Central Texas
Northwest
High Plains
Northwest
Gulf Coast
Upper East Texas
County
Freestone County
Frio County
Gaines County
Galveston County
Garza County
Gillespie County
Glasscock County
Goliad County
Gonzales County
Gray County
Grayson County
Gregg County
Grimes County
Guadalupe County
Hale County
Hall County
Hamilton County
Hansford County
Hardeman County
Hardin County
Harris County
Harrison County
Hartley County
Haskell County
Hays County
Hemphill County
Henderson County
Hidalgo County
Hill County
Hockley County
Hood County
Hopkins County
Houston County
Howard County
Hudspeth County
Hunt County
Hutchinson County
Irion County
Jack County
Jackson County
Jasper County
Higher Ed
Region No.
7
8
9
6
1
8
9
8
8
1
3
4
7
8
1
1
7
1
2
5
6
4
1
2
7
1
4
8
7
1
3
4
5
9
10
3
1
9
2
8
5
Higher Ed Region
Name
Central Texas
South Texas
West Texas
Gulf Coast
High Plains
South Texas
West Texas
South Texas
South Texas
High Plains
Metroplex
Upper East Texas
Central Texas
South Texas
High Plains
High Plains
Central Texas
High Plains
Northwest
Southeast Texas
Gulf Coast
Upper East Texas
High Plains
Northwest
Central Texas
High Plains
Upper East Texas
South Texas
Central Texas
High Plains
Metroplex
Upper East Texas
Southeast Texas
West Texas
Upper Rio Grande
Metroplex
High Plains
West Texas
Northwest
South Texas
Southeast Texas
County
Jeff Davis County
Jefferson County
Jim Hogg County
Jim Wells County
Johnson County
Jones County
Karnes County
Kaufman County
Kendall County
Kenedy County
Kent County
Kerr County
Kimble County
King County
Kinney County
Kleberg County
Knox County
La Salle County
Lamar County
Lamb County
Lampasas County
Lavaca County
Lee County
Leon County
Liberty County
Limestone County
Lipscomb County
Live Oak County
Llano County
Loving County
Lubbock County
Lynn County
Madison County
Marion County
Martin County
Mason County
Matagorda County
Maverick County
McCulloch County
McLennan County
McMullen County
Higher Ed
Region No.
10
5
8
8
3
2
8
3
8
8
2
8
9
1
8
8
2
8
4
1
7
8
7
7
6
7
1
8
7
9
1
1
7
4
9
9
6
8
9
7
8
Higher Ed Region
Name
Upper Rio Grande
Southeast Texas
South Texas
South Texas
Metroplex
Northwest
South Texas
Metroplex
South Texas
South Texas
Northwest
South Texas
West Texas
High Plains
South Texas
South Texas
Northwest
South Texas
Upper East Texas
High Plains
Central Texas
South Texas
Central Texas
Central Texas
Gulf Coast
Central Texas
High Plains
South Texas
Central Texas
West Texas
High Plains
High Plains
Central Texas
Upper East Texas
West Texas
West Texas
Gulf Coast
South Texas
West Texas
Central Texas
South Texas
County
Medina County
Menard County
Midland County
Milam County
Mills County
Mitchell County
Montague County
Montgomery County
Moore County
Morris County
Motley County
Nacogdoches County
Navarro County
Newton County
Nolan County
Nueces County
Ochiltree County
Oldham County
Orange County
Palo Pinto County
Panola County
Parker County
Parmer County
Pecos County
Polk County
Potter County
Presidio County
Rains County
Randall County
Reagan County
Real County
Red River County
Reeves County
Refugio County
Roberts County
Robertson County
Rockwall County
Runnels County
Rusk County
Sabine County
San Augustine County
Higher Ed
Region No.
8
9
9
7
7
2
2
6
1
4
1
5
3
5
2
8
1
1
5
3
4
3
1
9
5
1
10
4
1
9
8
4
9
8
1
7
3
2
4
5
5
Higher Ed Region
Name
South Texas
West Texas
West Texas
Central Texas
Central Texas
Northwest
Northwest
Gulf Coast
High Plains
Upper East Texas
High Plains
Southeast Texas
Metroplex
Southeast Texas
Northwest
South Texas
High Plains
High Plains
Southeast Texas
Metroplex
Upper East Texas
Metroplex
High Plains
West Texas
Southeast Texas
High Plains
Upper Rio Grande
Upper East Texas
High Plains
West Texas
South Texas
Upper East Texas
West Texas
South Texas
High Plains
Central Texas
Metroplex
Northwest
Upper East Texas
Southeast Texas
Southeast Texas
County
San Jacinto County
San Patricio County
San Saba County
Schleicher County
Scurry County
Shackelford County
Shelby County
Sherman County
Smith County
Somervell County
Starr County
Stephens County
Sterling County
Stonewall County
Sutton County
Swisher County
Tarrant County
Taylor County
Terrell County
Terry County
Throckmorton County
Titus County
Tom Green County
Travis County
Trinity County
Tyler County
Upshur County
Upton County
Uvalde County
Val Verde County
Van Zandt County
Victoria County
Walker County
Waller County
Ward County
Washington County
Webb County
Wharton County
Wheeler County
Wichita County
Wilbarger County
Higher Ed
Region No.
5
8
7
9
2
2
5
1
4
3
8
2
9
2
9
1
3
2
9
1
2
4
9
7
5
5
4
9
8
8
4
8
6
6
9
7
8
6
1
2
2
Higher Ed Region
Name
Southeast Texas
South Texas
Central Texas
West Texas
Northwest
Northwest
Southeast Texas
High Plains
Upper East Texas
Metroplex
South Texas
Northwest
West Texas
Northwest
West Texas
High Plains
Metroplex
Northwest
West Texas
High Plains
Northwest
Upper East Texas
West Texas
Central Texas
Southeast Texas
Southeast Texas
Upper East Texas
West Texas
South Texas
South Texas
Upper East Texas
South Texas
Gulf Coast
Gulf Coast
West Texas
Central Texas
South Texas
Gulf Coast
High Plains
Northwest
Northwest
County
Willacy County
Williamson County
Wilson County
Winkler County
Wise County
Wood County
Yoakum County
Young County
Zapata County
Zavala County
Higher Ed
Region No.
8
7
8
9
3
4
1
2
8
8
Higher Ed Region
Name
South Texas
Central Texas
South Texas
West Texas
Metroplex
Upper East Texas
High Plains
Northwest
South Texas
South Texas