Data / Rankings / Bachelor's degree or higher, population 25 and over / Counties in Colorado

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

San Miguel County had the highest share of adults with a bachelor's degree of 64 counties in 2024, at 64.9%. Crowley County had the lowest, at 12.4%. The median was 32.8% and the figure for Colorado was 45.7%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest64.9San Miguel County
Lowest12.4Crowley County
Median32.864 counties
Colorado45.7History

Top 40 counties, 2024

CSVChart (SVG)

San Miguel CountySan Miguel County: 64.9 %64.9Gunnison CountyGunnison County: 64.7 %64.7Boulder CountyBoulder County: 64.2 %64.2Pitkin CountyPitkin County: 62.8 %62.8Douglas CountyDouglas County: 62 %62Broomfield CountyBroomfield County: 60.3 %60.3Clear Creek CountyClear Creek County: 57.5 %57.5Denver CountyDenver County: 56.5 %56.5Ouray CountyOuray County: 56.5 %56.5Summit CountySummit County: 55 %55Routt CountyRoutt County: 54.2 %54.2Larimer CountyLarimer County: 53 %53Gilpin CountyGilpin County: 52.8 %52.8San Juan CountySan Juan County: 52.1 %52.1Jefferson CountyJefferson County: 52 %52Mineral CountyMineral County: 51.7 %51.7Eagle CountyEagle County: 50.9 %50.9Lake CountyLake County: 49.5 %49.5La Plata CountyLa Plata County: 49.3 %49.3Hinsdale CountyHinsdale County: 47.7 %47.7Chaffee CountyChaffee County: 47 %47Arapahoe CountyArapahoe County: 46.5 %46.5Custer CountyCuster County: 43.7 %43.7Grand CountyGrand County: 42.7 %42.7El Paso CountyEl Paso County: 41.9 %41.9Park CountyPark County: 41.6 %41.6Archuleta CountyArchuleta County: 40.9 %40.9Teller CountyTeller County: 37.9 %37.9Elbert CountyElbert County: 36.1 %36.1Rio Grande CountyRio Grande County: 34.5 %34.5Garfield CountyGarfield County: 33.6 %33.6Weld CountyWeld County: 33.2 %33.2Alamosa CountyAlamosa County: 32.4 %32.4Mesa CountyMesa County: 32.3 %32.3Phillips CountyPhillips County: 31.5 %31.5Montezuma CountyMontezuma County: 31.3 %31.3Saguache CountySaguache County: 31.3 %31.3Jackson CountyJackson County: 31.3 %31.3Adams CountyAdams County: 29 %29Montrose CountyMontrose County: 28.7 %28.7
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCounties2024 (%)Change on 2023
1San Miguel County64.9-0.3 pts
2Gunnison County64.7+5.4 pts
3Boulder County64.2+0.3 pts
4Pitkin County62.8-1.2 pts
5Douglas County62+1.1 pts
6Broomfield County60.3+1.7 pts
7Clear Creek County57.5+1.2 pts
8Denver County56.5+0.9 pts
9Ouray County56.5+2.5 pts
10Summit County55+2.5 pts
11Routt County54.2+2.1 pts
12Larimer County53+1.2 pts
13Gilpin County52.8+4.4 pts
14San Juan County52.1+4.9 pts
15Jefferson County52+1.2 pts
16Mineral County51.7-2.9 pts
17Eagle County50.9+0.7 pts
18Lake County49.5+3.4 pts
19La Plata County49.3+2 pts
20Hinsdale County47.7+0.6 pts
21Chaffee County47+1.6 pts
22Arapahoe County46.5+0.8 pts
23Custer County43.7+8.4 pts
24Grand County42.7+0.9 pts
25El Paso County41.9+0.8 pts
26Park County41.6+2.8 pts
27Archuleta County40.9+0.2 pts
28Teller County37.90 pts
29Elbert County36.1+0.9 pts
30Rio Grande County34.5+3.4 pts
31Garfield County33.6+0.2 pts
32Weld County33.2+1.2 pts
33Alamosa County32.4+3.1 pts
34Mesa County32.3+1.7 pts
35Phillips County31.5+5.9 pts
36Montezuma County31.3+0.5 pts
37Saguache County31.3+0.6 pts
38Jackson County31.3+3.7 pts
39Adams County29+1 pts
40Montrose County28.7+0.4 pts
41Dolores County28.1+3.4 pts
42Sedgwick County27.2-0.2 pts
43Delta County26.6+1 pts
44Huerfano County26.4-0.7 pts
45Cheyenne County26.1+1.7 pts
46Lincoln County26.1+0.4 pts
47Conejos County25.7+2.4 pts
48Pueblo County25.6+0.6 pts
49Yuma County25.3-0.6 pts
50Washington County24.9-0 pts
51Costilla County24.9-3 pts
52Baca County24.7+0.6 pts
53Rio Blanco County24.7-1.9 pts
54Fremont County22+0.9 pts
55Kit Carson County20.5+2 pts
56Kiowa County20.1-0.5 pts
56Logan County20.1+1.2 pts
58Moffat County19.4-1.6 pts
59Las Animas County19.3+2 pts
60Prowers County19.3+0.4 pts
61Otero County18.2-0.6 pts
62Morgan County17.8+0.3 pts
63Bent County15.7+1.5 pts
64Crowley County12.4-0.2 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

Rank Counties in Colorado by share of adults with a bachelor's degree using official data, and cite the source.
rank_places {"indicator":"bachelors_degree_share","level":"province","within":"Colorado","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=bachelors_degree_share&level=province&within=Colorado&limit=10

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

Which county has the highest share of adults with a bachelor's degree?

San Miguel County, with 64.9% in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest share of adults with a bachelor's degree?

Crowley County, with 12.4% in 2024.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: 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. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Bachelor's degree or higher, population 25 and over: other rankings

Counties in Colorado: more rankings