# Counties in California by share of adults with a bachelor's degree, 2024

All 58 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 (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- 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. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/bachelors-degree-or-higher/california-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/bachelors-degree-or-higher/california-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Marin County | 61.1 |
| 2 | San Francisco County | 60.3 |
| 3 | Santa Clara County | 56.5 |
| 4 | San Mateo County | 53.7 |
| 5 | Alameda County | 52.3 |
| 6 | Contra Costa County | 45.2 |
| 7 | Yolo County | 44.8 |
| 8 | Orange County | 44.1 |
| 9 | Santa Cruz County | 43.9 |
| 10 | Placer County | 43.2 |
| 11 | San Diego County | 43.2 |
| 12 | Nevada County | 41.6 |
| 13 | Alpine County | 41.1 |
| 14 | El Dorado County | 40 |
| 15 | San Luis Obispo County | 39.8 |
| 16 | Napa County | 39.8 |
| 17 | Sonoma County | 38.5 |
| 18 | Santa Barbara County | 36.8 |
| 19 | Ventura County | 36.1 |
| 20 | Los Angeles County | 36 |
| 21 | Sacramento County | 34.1 |
| 22 | Humboldt County | 33.1 |
| 23 | Mono County | 32.2 |
| 24 | Butte County | 31.9 |
| 25 | Mariposa County | 31.8 |
| 26 | Inyo County | 31.5 |
| 27 | Solano County | 28.8 |
| 28 | Monterey County | 28.2 |
| 29 | Sierra County | 25.8 |
| 30 | Riverside County | 25.6 |
| 31 | Mendocino County | 25.2 |
| 32 | Modoc County | 24.8 |
| 33 | Tuolumne County | 24.6 |
| 34 | Fresno County | 24.3 |
| 35 | San Benito County | 24.1 |
| 36 | Calaveras County | 23.9 |
| 37 | Shasta County | 23.8 |
| 38 | Siskiyou County | 23.3 |
| 39 | San Bernardino County | 23.3 |
| 40 | San Joaquin County | 22.8 |
| 41 | Plumas County | 22.6 |
| 42 | Amador County | 22.4 |
| 43 | Trinity County | 22.4 |
| 44 | Del Norte County | 21.4 |
| 45 | Sutter County | 20.9 |
| 46 | Stanislaus County | 19.7 |
| 47 | Tehama County | 19.3 |
| 48 | Kern County | 18.8 |
| 49 | Madera County | 17.9 |
| 50 | Lake County | 17.8 |
| 51 | Yuba County | 17.7 |
| 52 | Tulare County | 16.6 |
| 53 | Colusa County | 16.4 |
| 54 | Imperial County | 16.1 |
| 55 | Merced County | 15.3 |
| 56 | Glenn County | 15.1 |
| 57 | Kings County | 13.6 |
| 58 | Lassen County | 13.1 |