# Cities in Arizona by share of adults with a bachelor's degree, 2024

All 44 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `bachelors_degree_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: 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.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B15003: population 25 years and over with a bachelor's degree or higher as a percentage of the population 25 years and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B15003: population 25 years and over with a bachelor's degree or higher as a percentage of the population 25 years and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/bachelors-degree-or-higher/arizona-cities

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Paradise Valley, AZ | 74.3 |
| 2 | Scottsdale, AZ | 61.9 |
| 3 | Oro Valley, AZ | 58 |
| 4 | Flagstaff, AZ | 52.3 |
| 5 | Fountain Hills, AZ | 50.4 |
| 6 | Tempe, AZ | 50 |
| 7 | Gilbert, AZ | 48.2 |
| 8 | Marana, AZ | 47.8 |
| 9 | Chandler, AZ | 47.8 |
| 10 | Queen Creek, AZ | 45 |
| 11 | Sahuarita, AZ | 44 |
| 12 | Prescott, AZ | 39.9 |
| 13 | Peoria, AZ | 36.3 |
| 14 | Goodyear, AZ | 35.5 |
| 15 | Sierra Vista, AZ | 35 |
| 16 | Show Low, AZ | 34.9 |
| 17 | Phoenix, AZ | 33.6 |
| 18 | Mesa, AZ | 32.5 |
| 19 | Tucson, AZ | 31.1 |
| 20 | Surprise, AZ | 30.5 |
| 21 | Cottonwood, AZ | 27.5 |
| 22 | Buckeye, AZ | 24.9 |
| 23 | Payson, AZ | 24.5 |
| 24 | Prescott Valley, AZ | 24.4 |
| 25 | Glendale, AZ | 24.3 |
| 26 | Chino Valley, AZ | 24.1 |
| 27 | Maricopa, AZ | 23.6 |
| 28 | Casa Grande, AZ | 21.7 |
| 29 | Avondale, AZ | 21.3 |
| 30 | Yuma, AZ | 20.9 |
| 31 | Camp Verde, AZ | 20.2 |
| 32 | Kingman, AZ | 20 |
| 33 | Lake Havasu City, AZ | 18.5 |
| 34 | Apache Junction, AZ | 18.1 |
| 35 | Safford, AZ | 18.1 |
| 36 | Nogales, AZ | 17.6 |
| 37 | Florence, AZ | 17.3 |
| 38 | El Mirage, AZ | 15.8 |
| 39 | Bullhead City, AZ | 15.2 |
| 40 | Coolidge, AZ | 14 |
| 41 | Eloy, AZ | 12.9 |
| 42 | Somerton, AZ | 12.4 |
| 43 | Douglas, AZ | 12.4 |
| 44 | San Luis, AZ | 9.3 |