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Education Statistics > Percent of People Who Have Completed an Advanced Degree (most recent) by state

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Rank   States  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1   District of Columbia: 26 %  
#2   Massachusetts: 15.6 %  
#3   Maryland: 15.5 %  
#4   Connecticut: 14.6 %  
#5   New York: 13.2 %  
#6   Virginia: 13.2 %  
#7   New Jersey: 12.4 %  
#8   Vermont: 12.3 %  
#9   Colorado: 11.9 %  
#10   New Hampshire: 11.6 %  
#11   Illinois: 11.2 %  
#12   Rhode Island: 11.2 %  
#13   Washington: 10.9 %  
#14   Delaware: 10.7 %  
#15   California: 10.4 %  
#16   Oregon: 10 %  
#17   New Mexico: 9.9 %  
#18   Hawaii: 9.6 %  
#19   Michigan: 9.5 %  
#20   Kansas: 9.4 %  
#21   Alaska: 9.2 %  
#22   Arizona: 9.2 %  
#23   Florida: 9.1 %  
#24   Pennsylvania: 9.1 %  
#25   Missouri: 9 %  
#26   Georgia: 8.6 %  
#27   Minnesota: 8.6 %  
#28   Utah: 8.6 %  
#29   Ohio: 8.4 %  
#30   Nebraska: 8.3 %  
#31   Maine: 8.2 %  
#32   Texas: 8.2 %  
#33   Alabama: 8.1 %  
#34   Tennessee: 7.9 %  
#35   Indiana: 7.9 %  
#36   South Carolina: 7.9 %  
#37   Kentucky: 7.9 %  
#38   Idaho: 7.8 %  
#39   Montana: 7.8 %  
#40   North Carolina: 7.7 %  
#41   Wisconsin: 7.7 %  
#42   Wyoming: 7.6 %  
#43   Louisiana: 7.2 %  
#44   Iowa: 7.2 %  
#45   Oklahoma: 7 %  
#46   Nevada: 7 %  
#47   Mississippi: 6.4 %  
#48   North Dakota: 6.2 %  
#49   West Virginia: 6.1 %  
#50   Arkansas: 6.1 %  
#51   South Dakota: 5.9 %  
Weighted average: 9.6 %   


DEFINITION: Percent of People 25 Years and Over Who Have Completed an Advanced Degree, 2004

SOURCE: American Community Survey 2004

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