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Education Statistics > Bachelor's degree or higher, by percentage (most recent) by state

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Rank   States  Amount 
# 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% 
= 26   Montana: 25.5% 
= 26   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   Nevada: 24.5% 
= 35   Texas: 24.5% 
# 37   Michigan: 24.4% 
= 38   Iowa: 24.3% 
= 38   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% 
Weighted average: 27.2%  



DEFINITION: Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher.

SOURCE: US Census Bureau, 2004.

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