Texas 2036

National headlines on higher education tend to focus on rising debt and declining confidence. But Texas tells a different story.

This past fall, Texas higher education enrollment reached a record 1.6 million students. On debt:

🚫 Nearly 60% of Texas graduates finish with no debt at all.

💸 97.5% finish with no debt or manageable debt relative to their earnings.

📉 Of those who borrow, the average debt for bachelor’s graduates at Texas public universities is less than $25,000.

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Texas has long been associated with oil and gas. But over the last 25 years, it’s also become the United States' dominant wind power producer, generating more wind energy than the next three states combined.

In a new blog, Texas 2036’s Alex Rose Montgomery breaks down the data behind the Lone Star State's surprising renewable energy boom.

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