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DEFINITION
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher.
Education Statistics > Bachelor's degree or higher, by percentage (most recent) by state
Showing latest available data.
| Rank |
States
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Amount
(top to bottom)
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| #1 | District of Columbia: | 45.7% | |
| #2 | Massachusetts: | 36.7% | |
| #3 | Colorado: | 35.5% | |
| #4 | New Hampshire: | 35.4% | |
| #5 | Maryland: | 35.2% | |
| #6 | New Jersey: | 34.6% | |
| #7 | Connecticut: | 34.5% | |
| #8 | Vermont: | 34.2% | |
| #9 | Virginia: | 33.1% | |
| #10 | Minnesota: | 32.5% | |
| #11 | California: | 31.7% | |
| #12 | Utah: | 30.8% | |
| #13 | New York: | 30.6% | |
| #14 | Kansas: | 30% | |
| #15 | Washington: | 29.9% | |
| #16 | Missouri: | 28.1% | |
| #17 | Arizona: | 28% | |
| #18 | Georgia: | 27.6% | |
| #19 | Illinois: | 27.4% | |
| #20 | Rhode Island: | 27.2% | |
| #21 | Delaware: | 26.9% | |
| #22 | Hawaii: | 26.6% | |
| #23 | Florida: | 26% | |
| #24 | Oregon: | 25.9% | |
| #25 | Wisconsin: | 25.6% | |
| #26 | South Dakota: | 25.5% | |
| #27 | Montana: | 25.5% | |
| #28 | Alaska: | 25.5% | |
| #29 | Pennsylvania: | 25.3% | |
| #30 | North Dakota: | 25.2% | |
| #31 | New Mexico: | 25.1% | |
| #32 | South Carolina: | 24.9% | |
| #33 | Nebraska: | 24.8% | |
| #34 | Ohio: | 24.6% | |
| #35 | Texas: | 24.5% | |
| #36 | Nevada: | 24.5% | |
| #37 | Michigan: | 24.4% | |
| #38 | Iowa: | 24.3% | |
| #39 | Tennessee: | 24.3% | |
| #40 | Maine: | 24.2% | |
| #41 | Idaho: | 23.8% | |
| #42 | North Carolina: | 23.4% | |
| #43 | Oklahoma: | 22.9% | |
| #44 | Wyoming: | 22.5% | |
| #45 | Louisiana: | 22.4% | |
| #46 | Alabama: | 22.3% | |
| #47 | Indiana: | 21.1% | |
| #48 | Kentucky: | 21% | |
| #49 | Mississippi: | 20.1% | |
| #50 | Arkansas: | 18.8% | |
| #51 | West Virginia: | 15.3% | |
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Weighted average: |
27.2% |
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DEFINITION: Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher.
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