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Bachelor's degree or higher, population 25 and over

People aged 25 and over whose highest degree is a bachelor's, master's, professional school or doctorate degree, as a percentage of all people aged 25 and over. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

Excludes associate degrees and college without a degree. Not comparable with EU tertiary attainment, which includes short-cycle tertiary education and usually covers ages 25 to 64. Calculated from counts in ACS table B15003, which are stored as inputs.

Rankings

US states by share of adults with a bachelor's degree, 2024

Top 15. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia: 64.3 %64.3MassachusettsMassachusetts: 47.3 %47.3ColoradoColorado: 45.7 %45.7VermontVermont: 43.8 %43.8New JerseyNew Jersey: 43.6 %43.6MarylandMaryland: 43.5 %43.5ConnecticutConnecticut: 42.5 %42.5VirginiaVirginia: 42.2 %42.2New HampshireNew Hampshire: 40.7 %40.7New YorkNew York: 40.2 %40.2WashingtonWashington: 39.6 %39.6MinnesotaMinnesota: 39.4 %39.4IllinoisIllinois: 37.9 %37.9Rhode IslandRhode Island: 37.7 %37.7UtahUtah: 37.7 %37.7

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