Education
The residents inside Loop 610 are a short commute from most of Houston’s 26 higher educational institutions. Within 5 miles of any location are six of Houston’s eleven universities and colleges, twelve health institutions located in and around the Texas Medical Center and 3 law schools. The population living inside Loop 610 is highly educated. Over 39% have received a Bachelor’s Degree or higher - considerably higher than Houston and the United States.
Houston’s Institutions of Higher Learning
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Key:
- denotes those inside Loop 610
- denotes those outside Loop 610
- Texas Southern University
- University of Houston
- University of Houston-Clear Lake
- Univiersity of Houston-Downtown
- Houston Community College System
- Lone Star College System
- San Jacinto College
- Houston Baptist University
- North American College
- Rice University
- University of St. Thomas
- South Texas College of Law
- Thurgood Marshall School of Law
- University of Houston Law Center
- Baylor College of Medicine
- Institute of Biosciences and Technology
- MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Memorial Hermann Clinical Innovation and Research Institute (CIRI)
- The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
- Prairie View A&M University College of Nursing
- Texas Southern University School of Pharmacy and Health Science
- Texas Women's University Health Science Center Houston
- University of Houston College of Pharmacy
- University of Houston College of Optometry
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
- The University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHealth) School of Dentistry at Houston
State Institutions
Community Colleges
Private Universities
Law Schools
Health Institutions