Counties in Georgia by share of adults with a bachelor's degree
Fulton County had the highest share of adults with a bachelor's degree of 159 counties in 2022, at 57.1%. Telfair County had the lowest, at 8.1%. The median was 17.8% and the figure for Georgia was 33.6%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Top 40 counties, 2022
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2022 (%) | Change on 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fulton County | 57.1 | +1.2 pts |
| 2 | Forsyth County | 56.2 | +0.3 pts |
| 3 | Oconee County | 53.5 | +1.9 pts |
| 4 | Cobb County | 49.7 | +0.7 pts |
| 5 | Clarke County | 48 | +1 pts |
| 6 | Fayette County | 47.3 | +1 pts |
| 7 | DeKalb County | 46.7 | +0.6 pts |
| 8 | Cherokee County | 39.5 | +1.1 pts |
| 9 | Gwinnett County | 38.9 | +0.4 pts |
| 10 | Columbia County | 37.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 11 | Chatham County | 36.1 | +0.5 pts |
| 12 | Dawson County | 35.5 | +2.7 pts |
| 13 | Coweta County | 34.2 | +0.5 pts |
| 14 | Bryan County | 33.9 | +0.4 pts |
| 15 | Greene County | 33.4 | +1.6 pts |
| 16 | Lee County | 32.6 | +1.9 pts |
| 17 | Harris County | 32.4 | 0 pts |
| 18 | Lumpkin County | 32 | -0.4 pts |
| 19 | Houston County | 32 | +0.8 pts |
| 20 | Towns County | 32 | +0.5 pts |
| 21 | Glynn County | 30.6 | +0.2 pts |
| 22 | Chattahoochee County | 30 | +5.3 pts |
| 23 | Morgan County | 29.9 | +2.7 pts |
| 24 | Douglas County | 29.9 | +0.5 pts |
| 25 | Bulloch County | 29.6 | +1.4 pts |
| 26 | Monroe County | 28.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 27 | Muscogee County | 28.4 | +0.8 pts |
| 28 | Rockdale County | 28.1 | +0.2 pts |
| 29 | Rabun County | 28 | +1.9 pts |
| 30 | Henry County | 27.5 | -0.8 pts |
| 31 | Paulding County | 26.5 | +0.6 pts |
| 32 | Jackson County | 26.5 | +1.5 pts |
| 33 | Lowndes County | 26.1 | -0.4 pts |
| 34 | Bibb County | 25.9 | +0.3 pts |
| 35 | Putnam County | 25.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 36 | Hall County | 25.5 | +0.4 pts |
| 37 | Union County | 25.5 | +0.6 pts |
| 38 | Effingham County | 25.2 | +1.1 pts |
| 39 | Pickens County | 24.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 39 | Walton County | 24.3 | +1.1 pts |
| 41 | Thomas County | 23.8 | -1.5 pts |
| 42 | Richmond County | 23.6 | +1 pts |
| 43 | Baldwin County | 23.5 | -1.8 pts |
| 44 | Gilmer County | 23.4 | +1.5 pts |
| 45 | Dougherty County | 23.3 | +0.6 pts |
| 46 | Catoosa County | 23.2 | +1.1 pts |
| 47 | Fannin County | 23.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 48 | White County | 23.1 | +1.3 pts |
| 49 | Habersham County | 22.9 | -0.4 pts |
| 50 | Peach County | 22.9 | +1.2 pts |
| 51 | Oglethorpe County | 22.7 | +1.4 pts |
| 52 | Newton County | 22.6 | +0.9 pts |
| 53 | Floyd County | 22.3 | +1.4 pts |
| 54 | Sumter County | 22.2 | +2.8 pts |
| 55 | Camden County | 21.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 56 | Carroll County | 21.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 57 | Barrow County | 21.2 | +0.3 pts |
| 58 | Bartow County | 21 | +1.3 pts |
| 59 | Clayton County | 20.6 | +0.4 pts |
| 60 | Troup County | 20.3 | +0.6 pts |
| 61 | Liberty County | 20.2 | +0.5 pts |
| 62 | Pike County | 20.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 63 | Miller County | 19.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 63 | Walker County | 19.7 | +0.2 pts |
| 65 | Madison County | 19.6 | -0.8 pts |
| 66 | Montgomery County | 19.6 | +1.8 pts |
| 67 | Baker County | 19 | +0.8 pts |
| 68 | Tift County | 18.7 | +0.9 pts |
| 69 | Whitfield County | 18.6 | +1 pts |
| 70 | Bleckley County | 18.6 | +2.6 pts |
| 71 | Lanier County | 18.4 | +1.1 pts |
| 72 | McDuffie County | 18.4 | +2.4 pts |
| 73 | Spalding County | 18.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 74 | Dade County | 18.3 | +1.9 pts |
| 75 | Jasper County | 18.3 | +2.2 pts |
| 76 | Hart County | 18.3 | +1.6 pts |
| 77 | Schley County | 18 | +2.6 pts |
| 78 | Jones County | 17.9 | +0.2 pts |
| 79 | Haralson County | 17.9 | +1 pts |
| 80 | McIntosh County | 17.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 81 | Lamar County | 17.5 | -0.7 pts |
| 82 | Washington County | 17.4 | +1.2 pts |
| 83 | Banks County | 17.1 | +0.6 pts |
| 84 | Laurens County | 17.1 | +0.4 pts |
| 85 | Seminole County | 17 | +1.2 pts |
| 86 | Pierce County | 17 | +1.6 pts |
| 87 | Franklin County | 16.9 | +0.3 pts |
| 88 | Irwin County | 16.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 89 | Gordon County | 16.7 | +0.6 pts |
| 90 | Clay County | 16.6 | -1.5 pts |
| 91 | Toombs County | 16.4 | -0.4 pts |
| 92 | Evans County | 16.4 | +0.6 pts |
| 93 | Taylor County | 16.3 | +0.8 pts |
| 94 | Lincoln County | 16.2 | +2.9 pts |
| 95 | Cook County | 16 | -0.6 pts |
| 96 | Stephens County | 16 | -0.3 pts |
| 97 | Grady County | 15.8 | +0.5 pts |
| 98 | Stewart County | 15.8 | +0.4 pts |
| 99 | Screven County | 15.7 | +1.1 pts |
| 100 | Wilkes County | 15.6 | +3.5 pts |
| 101 | Talbot County | 15.4 | +1.3 pts |
| 102 | Upson County | 15.4 | +0.8 pts |
| 103 | Ware County | 15.1 | +0.8 pts |
| 104 | Decatur County | 15 | +0.4 pts |
| 105 | Berrien County | 14.8 | +1.8 pts |
| 106 | Dodge County | 14.8 | -0.8 pts |
| 107 | Colquitt County | 14.7 | +0.3 pts |
| 108 | Brooks County | 14.7 | -2.1 pts |
| 109 | Burke County | 14.7 | -0.5 pts |
| 110 | Polk County | 14.4 | +1.2 pts |
| 111 | Wayne County | 14.1 | +0.6 pts |
| 112 | Crisp County | 14.1 | +0.4 pts |
| 113 | Elbert County | 14.1 | +1.5 pts |
| 114 | Early County | 14 | -0.4 pts |
| 115 | Tattnall County | 14 | -0.5 pts |
| 116 | Echols County | 14 | +3.8 pts |
| 117 | Treutlen County | 13.7 | -0.5 pts |
| 118 | Wilcox County | 13.6 | +1 pts |
| 119 | Meriwether County | 13.1 | +1.3 pts |
| 120 | Butts County | 13.1 | +0.9 pts |
| 121 | Dooly County | 13 | -0.5 pts |
| 122 | Terrell County | 13 | +2.3 pts |
| 123 | Long County | 13 | -1.7 pts |
| 124 | Glascock County | 12.9 | +1.3 pts |
| 125 | Coffee County | 12.9 | -1.1 pts |
| 126 | Clinch County | 12.9 | +1.9 pts |
| 126 | Pulaski County | 12.9 | +0.3 pts |
| 128 | Wheeler County | 12.8 | +3.6 pts |
| 129 | Randolph County | 12.4 | +0.1 pts |
| 130 | Mitchell County | 12.3 | +0.6 pts |
| 131 | Candler County | 12.2 | -0.4 pts |
| 132 | Ben Hill County | 12.2 | +1.3 pts |
| 133 | Marion County | 12.2 | -2.1 pts |
| 134 | Charlton County | 12.1 | +0.1 pts |
| 135 | Wilkinson County | 12.1 | +2 pts |
| 136 | Emanuel County | 11.6 | -1.2 pts |
| 136 | Heard County | 11.6 | +1.1 pts |
| 138 | Jeff Davis County | 11.5 | -1.3 pts |
| 139 | Taliaferro County | 11.5 | +2.9 pts |
| 140 | Calhoun County | 11.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 141 | Atkinson County | 11.4 | +0.5 pts |
| 142 | Murray County | 11.4 | +1.1 pts |
| 143 | Crawford County | 11.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 144 | Warren County | 11.1 | +1.8 pts |
| 145 | Quitman County | 11 | +1.9 pts |
| 146 | Bacon County | 10.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 147 | Jefferson County | 10.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 148 | Twiggs County | 10.7 | -0.5 pts |
| 149 | Turner County | 10.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 150 | Brantley County | 10.3 | +3.8 pts |
| 151 | Macon County | 10.1 | -0 pts |
| 152 | Appling County | 10 | +0.3 pts |
| 153 | Hancock County | 9.6 | +0.4 pts |
| 154 | Worth County | 9.5 | -1.3 pts |
| 155 | Johnson County | 9.5 | +0.4 pts |
| 156 | Chattooga County | 9.5 | -1.4 pts |
| 157 | Webster County | 9.3 | -4.3 pts |
| 158 | Jenkins County | 9.1 | +1 pts |
| 159 | Telfair County | 8.1 | +0.9 pts |
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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/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b15003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
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Questions
Which county has the highest share of adults with a bachelor's degree?
Fulton County, with 57.1% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest share of adults with a bachelor's degree?
Telfair County, with 8.1% in 2022.
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.
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