Texas offers a wide range of Colleges choices for international students thinking of studying there. International students may not know what each state is like and how many Colleges may be located there. Therefore, in order to make your Texas research easier, we’ve sorted some key city data below.
On this page below the city data, you’ll also find a list of the Universities and Colleges in Plains. Clicking on the Colleges's name will take you to a profile containing contact information, program facts, tuition and fees, affiliation and accreditation, admission requirements, information on student enrollment, and much more. Being able to see all the college options in a city can help you decide whether college or university study in Plains is right for you.
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PLAINS, TEXAS QUICK STATSCounty: Yoakum
Land Area: 0.99 square miles
Population Density: 1507 people per square mile
Population change since 2000: 2.80%
Races (City): Hispanic (53.0%), White Non-Hispanic (45.4%), Other race (27.8%), Two or more races (1.7%), American Indian (1.4%) (Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)
Ancestries (City): United States (16.1%), Irish (3.9%), English (3.6%), German (3.6%), Scotch-Irish (1.8%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Lubbock, TX (60.7 miles , pop. 199,564)
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: El Paso, TX (231.0 miles , pop. 563,662)
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Dallas, TX (351.4 miles , pop. 1,188,580)
Nearest cities: Denver City, TX (3.9 miles ), Seagraves, TX (4.8 miles ), Wellman, TX (5.0 miles ), Sundown, TX (5.2 miles ), Tatum, NM (5.4 miles ), Whiteface, TX (5.6 miles ), Brownfield, TX (5.7 miles ), Seminole, TX (5.8 miles )
Airports and Heliports located in Plains: Yoakum County Airport (Runways: 2, Itinerant Ops: 1,200, Local Ops: 5,000)
Plains Compared to State Average: Median house value below state average. Black race population percentage significantly below state average. Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average. Median age below state average. Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average. Renting percentage below state average. House age below state average. Number of college students below state average. Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
PLAINS, TEXAS EDUCATION FACTSHigh school or higher: 60.20%
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 10.70%
Graduate or professional degree: 1.00%
Colleges/Universities with over 2000 Students Nearest to Plains:
SOUTH PLAINS COLLEGE about 38 miles, LEVELLAND, TX, Full-time enrollment: 3,851 TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY about 65 miles, LUBBOCK, TX, FT enrollment: 22,439 EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS about 74 miles, PORTALES, NM, FT enrollment: 2,955 WAYLAND BAPTIST UNIVERSITY about 84 miles, PLAINVIEW, TX, FT enrollment: 2,578 MIDLAND COLLEGE about 92 miles, MIDLAND, TX, FT enrollment: 2,800 ODESSA COLLEGE about 95 miles, ODESSA, TX, FT enrollment: 2,555 WEST TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY about 134 miles, CANYON, TX, FT enrollment: 5,476
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