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We Had It in 1984 — Eighty-Five Point Five

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Eight routes in. Which ones reach you depends on where you stand.

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The high school courseDual enrollmentCommunity collegeRegistered apprenticeshipReturning after time outAn industry certificateMoving across where you already workSelf-taught with a portfolio
37.1%women's share of US computer science degrees in 1983–84
22.6%in 2021–22

The arc, in one table

Academic yearWomen's share of US computer science bachelor's degrees
1983–84 — the peak37.1%
1984–8536.8%
1985–8635.7%
2007–08 — the floor17.6%
2008–0917.8%
2021–22 — most recent22.6%

Computed from the degree counts published in NCES Digest of Education Statistics Table 325.35, which covers computer and information sciences. The table prints counts, not shares, so these percentages are our arithmetic on its numbers and can be checked against it directly.

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A woman teaching at the front of a classroom. Licensed illustration — not a person in the statistic. Photo: Unsplash

Distance in Texas

168 of Texas's 254 counties sit outside every metropolitan area, and the USDA classifies 53 as low-education counties. Distance changes which routes are physically reachable, and it lands hardest on anyone whose schedule is already spoken for by work or caregiving. The commuting zone named on each county page is the right search radius, and evening, weekend and online sections are the part of the catalog most often missed.

What Texas runs on

Of 254 counties, the most common economic types are mining and energy (65), farming (63), government (32). Where the employers are field services, transport and equipment contractors, the technical work already here is the systems those operations run on, scheduling, inventory, dispatch, compliance, and that is a reachable first job.

What is already paid for

Programme names, amounts and deadlines change. These are the doors; verify current terms with the source before counting on a number.

By county

Anderson CountyAndrews CountyAngelina CountyAransas CountyArcher CountyArmstrong CountyAtascosa CountyAustin CountyBailey CountyBandera CountyBastrop CountyBaylor CountyBee CountyBell CountyBexar CountyBlanco CountyBorden CountyBosque CountyBowie CountyBrazoria CountyBrazos CountyBrewster CountyBriscoe CountyBrooks CountyBrown CountyBurleson CountyBurnet CountyCaldwell CountyCalhoun CountyCallahan CountyCameron CountyCamp CountyCarson CountyCass CountyCastro CountyChambers CountyCherokee CountyChildress CountyClay CountyCochran CountyCoke CountyColeman CountyCollin CountyCollingsworth CountyColorado CountyComal CountyComanche CountyConcho CountyCooke CountyCoryell CountyCottle CountyCrane CountyCrockett CountyCrosby CountyCulberson CountyDallam CountyDallas CountyDawson CountyDeaf Smith CountyDelta CountyDenton CountyDeWitt CountyDickens CountyDimmit CountyDonley CountyDuval CountyEastland CountyEctor CountyEdwards CountyEl Paso CountyEllis CountyErath CountyFalls CountyFannin CountyFayette CountyFisher CountyFloyd CountyFoard CountyFort Bend CountyFranklin CountyFreestone CountyFrio CountyGaines CountyGalveston CountyGarza CountyGillespie CountyGlasscock CountyGoliad CountyGonzales CountyGray CountyGrayson CountyGregg CountyGrimes CountyGuadalupe CountyHale CountyHall CountyHamilton CountyHansford CountyHardeman CountyHardin CountyHarris CountyHarrison CountyHartley CountyHaskell CountyHays CountyHemphill CountyHenderson CountyHidalgo CountyHill CountyHockley CountyHood CountyHopkins CountyHouston CountyHoward CountyHudspeth CountyHunt CountyHutchinson CountyIrion CountyJack CountyJackson CountyJasper CountyJeff Davis CountyJefferson CountyJim Hogg CountyJim Wells CountyJohnson CountyJones CountyKarnes CountyKaufman CountyKendall CountyKenedy CountyKent CountyKerr CountyKimble CountyKing CountyKinney CountyKleberg CountyKnox CountyLa Salle CountyLamar CountyLamb CountyLampasas CountyLavaca CountyLee CountyLeon CountyLiberty CountyLimestone CountyLipscomb CountyLive Oak CountyLlano CountyLoving CountyLubbock CountyLynn CountyMadison CountyMarion CountyMartin CountyMason CountyMatagorda CountyMaverick CountyMcCulloch CountyMcLennan CountyMcMullen CountyMedina CountyMenard CountyMidland CountyMilam CountyMills CountyMitchell CountyMontague CountyMontgomery CountyMoore CountyMorris CountyMotley CountyNacogdoches CountyNavarro CountyNewton CountyNolan CountyNueces CountyOchiltree CountyOldham CountyOrange CountyPalo Pinto CountyPanola CountyParker CountyParmer CountyPecos CountyPolk CountyPotter CountyPresidio CountyRains CountyRandall CountyReagan CountyReal CountyRed River CountyReeves CountyRefugio CountyRoberts CountyRobertson CountyRockwall CountyRunnels CountyRusk CountySabine CountySan Augustine CountySan Jacinto CountySan Patricio CountySan Saba CountySchleicher CountyScurry CountyShackelford CountyShelby CountySherman CountySmith CountySomervell CountyStarr CountyStephens CountySterling CountyStonewall CountySutton CountySwisher CountyTarrant CountyTaylor CountyTerrell CountyTerry CountyThrockmorton CountyTitus CountyTom Green CountyTravis CountyTrinity CountyTyler CountyUpshur CountyUpton CountyUvalde CountyVal Verde CountyVan Zandt CountyVictoria CountyWalker CountyWaller CountyWard CountyWashington CountyWebb CountyWharton CountyWheeler CountyWichita CountyWilbarger CountyWillacy CountyWilliamson CountyWilson CountyWinkler CountyWise CountyWood CountyYoakum CountyYoung CountyZapata CountyZavala County

All eight routes

Sources. Degree shares: computed from the counts in NCES Digest of Education Statistics Table 325.35 (computer and information sciences) and Table 318.10 for all fields; the table publishes counts rather than percentages, so the shares here are our arithmetic on its numbers and can be checked against it. Occupation shares and earnings: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey Tables 11 and 39, 2025 annual averages — the earnings figures are unadjusted occupational-group medians, not a controlled like-for-like comparison, and we say so. High school enrolment: Code.org Advocacy Coalition, State of Computer Science Education, 2023–24. AP exam composition: computed from the male and female counts in the College Board AP Program Summary Report 2025. Attrition: Accenture and Girls Who Code, Resetting Tech Culture, 2020 — the comparison there is women in technology against women in other work, not women against men, and we state it that way. Earnings effect of one course: Liu, Conrad & Blazar, EdWorkingPaper 24-904. County classifications: USDA Economic Research Service County Typology Codes; labour markets: 2020 Commuting Zones. County counts are computed from the committed county file at build time, not asserted.

Photographs on this campaign are licensed stock used as illustration — not portraits of the people inside the federal counts. Full credits: CREDITS.md.